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Topic: Advocacy - September 25 2024
Sports Save: How Brianna Turner Fights for Equal Opportunities for Trans Girls

Brianna Turner is a VIS Mentor, power forward for the Chicago Sky, and an All-Defensive Team honoree. But she’s also a fierce advocate for transgender girls. In this article, Turner uses her history of activism to help explain the importance of sports for transgender youth and the need for cisgender women athletes to preserve a place for transgender girls and women in the sports we love.

By: Abby Waddington

VIS Creator

Brianna Turner

VIS Mentor

Topic: Advocacy

September 25 2024

Brianna Turner_WNBA_Chicago Sky_VIS Mentor
Being a professional athlete in the public eye often means navigating advocacy on top of the competitive aspect. For Chicago Sky Power Forward and VIS Mentor, Brianna Turner, this means using the platform that is embedded into  the WNBA to speak up for the causes that she believes in. One of these causes  is the necessity of inclusion for transgender girls in athletics and the damage that transphobia is doing to women’s sports. Turner’s advocacy shows us how to practice LGBTQ+ allyship in ...
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