Jamie Benn is a player for the Dallas Stars and has participated NHL’s Hockey is for Everyone initiative wrapping Pridetape on his hockey stick.
So what’s he doing liking anti-trans tweets on Twitter? The like was to a video conservative pundit Candace Owens posted titled “Biological men shouldn’t be allowed to compete in women’s sports.” The term “biological men” is how those who are anti-transgender often refer to trans women.
What Chris Mosier wants to know is doesn’t Benn know his likes on Twitter are public. Mosier is a trans man and a pro athlete. He’s a Hall of Fame triathlete, All-American duathlete and national champion race walker.
“Randomly seeing Jamie Benn’s like on a blatantly anti-trans post is a direct contradiction to the messaging of Pride Tape/NHL,” Mosier wrote on Twitter.
He continued:
“Sure, athletes can have opinions. But athletes are role models & this is a crushing blow to LGBTQ+ fans. YOU ARE A PUBLIC FIGURE & it’s ALL public.
“To hold @PrideTape & then be in agreement of anti-trans statements means it’s all for show – so many LGBTQ+ fans really take it to heart when they see their favorite players supporting them publicly with this taped stick. It’s a big deal.
“Trans kids are being crushed by state lawmakers & singled out for discrimination. The trans community & their allies need people in sports who will uplift them & be by their sides — not just for the photo, not just for Pride Month, but right now when it really matters.”
Benn hasn’t responded to Mosier’s tweets or on his own twitter account. Actually, Benn doesn’t seem to use Twitter much.
Rafael McDonnell of Resource Center said he was surprised by the controversy. Dallas Stars was the first professional sports team in Texas to add inclusive language to their employment guidelines back in 2008 and, in 2017, was the only pro sports franchise in Texas to speak out against the bathroom bill. Members of the team have been to the center and volunteered at the food pantry and hot meals program.
Mosier suggests that with states — including Texas — hammering trans kids in sports and healthcare, visit transathlete.com to see what you can do.
— David Taffet
As a Republican and support of LGBTQ, I don’t support trans man to woman in women’s sports. I believe in equal rights but this makes most women sports the not the “same playing field.” Might as well disband women’s sports and just call it sports.
And also. Jamie Benn is a left wing for the Dallas Stars. Original author didn’t do the basic due diligence.
I agree with Mikey. Finally someone else with same view points. People aren’t singling out trans people. We are just stating a fact that men are men and women and women for a reason.
It’s the Dallas Voice…….what do you expect? This RAG is nothing but a mouthpiece for David Tatter and Tammye Nash and their looney liberal agenda.
Signed,
Another Gay Trump Supporter
I agree, Taffet and Nash are ridiculous. I’ve reviewed Tammyes twitter and she’s still obsessed over trump. I highly recommend people do not do business with any of the companies that advertise in this publication. I hate to see them go out of business but they need to stop advertising and supporting this filth that’s published weekly.
WHY SHOULD WE CHANGE SPORTS WHICH HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS AMERICA’s pastime all because of .00001% of the population wanting to switch teams !?!
If its such a small group of people, why does it threaten you so much? Does what’s in someone’s pants really matter to sports that much?
It doesnt matter to me what is in their pants. What matters to me the principles. You cannot change your gender and you were born that way for a reason. Typical liberal saying: born this way if you are born gay, but not born this way in regards to what your gender is meant to be lmao. What a joke
fuck you dumbass you should be allowed to change gender you fucker. God made us with critical thinking abilities and is perfectly fine with someone changing their gender
Listen starsfan, you need to understand basic biology. You can’t change your chromosomes or genetic make up. Put on a wig, take hormones whatever u wanna do but u can’t change DNA! God might of given us the ability to think but he surely didn’t ask for us to chose male or female at birth. Go back to middle school biology class and TURN OFF CNN