Megan Rapinoe slams critics of trans females in women's sports, says jokes 'directly leads to violence'

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe slammed critics of transgender participation in women's sports and named Dave Chappelle, Sage Steele and Martina Navratilova in her remarks.

U.S. soccer starsaid in a recent interview that questioning transgender participation in women’s sports is harmful.

"I don’t want to mince words about it," Rapinoe told Time magazine in an interview published Monday."Dave Chappelle making jokes about trans people directly leads to violence, whether it’s verbal or otherwise, against trans people.

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