Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story
Calkins said the paper rejected his column on transgender athletes, and he resigned after 11 years, publishing the essay himself on Substack.
- On Thursday, Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins resigned after 11 years, citing the paper's rejection of his column about transgender athletes in women's sports.
- Calkins submitted the column titled "Agreeing with Sophie Cunningham's stance doesn't make you transphobic" Friday, July 31, arguing that separating biological females and males in sports doesn't automatically signal transphobia.
- An editor rejected the piece six days later, claiming Calkins failed to pitch it in advance—reasoning he disputed. The rejection marked one of several columns the Seattle Times declined to publish in recent years.
- Calkins published the rejected column on Substack and expressed feeling "scared" about his future, noting "The mob is frightening and does not forget" in his essay.
- WNBA star Sophie Cunningham, whose stance on transgender athletes inspired the column, has drawn praise from conservatives like Tomi Lahren, though she resisted the "MAGA Barbie" label in an ESPN interview last month.
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Seattle Times loses columnist over refusal to publish women’s sports article
The former Seattle Times sportswriter who resigned his position this week because the paper spiked his column about two female student-athletes opposed to competing against biological males has some advice for his former employer. “I think a disconnect between people in the newsroom and the general public, or at least the loudest voices in the newsroom,” said Matt Calkins in a Thursday evening interview with The Center Square. “There’s a starvat…
Longtime Sports Reporter Quits After Over A Decade, Exposes The Dastardly Deeds Of His Former Media Employer - The American Tribune.com
Longtime Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins walked away from his job after 11 years, accusing the newspaper of repeatedly killing columns that challenged the newsroom’s preferred political narratives. Calkins said the final break came when editors refused to publish his column about two female student-athletes opposed to competing against biological males. The veteran reporter said the decision left him unable to do the job he had been …
Seattle Times loses columnist over refusal to publish women’s sports article - The Daily Chronicle
The former Seattle Times sportswriter who resigned his position this week because the paper spiked his column about two female student-athletes opposed to competing against biological males has some advice for his former employer. “I think a disconnect between people in the newsroom and the general public, or at least the loudest voices in the newsroom,” said Matt Calkins in a Thursday evening interview with The Center Square. “There’s a starvat…
‘She wasn’t anti-trans’: Columnist quits when paper censors his opinion on men in women’s sports * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Sophie Cunningham Newspaper columnist Matt Calkins, formerly with the Seattle Times, has confirmed he left the publication when officials there censored his comments that perhaps opposing men in women’s sports isn’t extreme. It isn’t “transphobic,” he said. And then got red-lined. Calkins explains at Fox News that he simply expressed his opinion that “supporting separation of
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Seattle Times loses columnist over spiked women’s sports article
(The Center Square) - The former Seattle Times sportswriter who resigned his position this week because the paper spiked his column about two female student-athletes opposed to competing against biological males, has some advice for his former employer.
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