Megan Rapinoe says efforts to bar trans athletes from women’s sports are ‘attack on women in society’

Former US Women's National Team star Megan Rapinoe has argued that efforts to exclude transgender athletes from women's sports represent a broader "attack on women in society," rather than a measure designed to protect them. Her comments add to an ongoing and increasingly polarised debate in American sport and politics over transgender participation in female competition, a topic that has drawn interventions from athletes, politicians and commentators on both sides.

The remarks were made amid wider coverage of the issue, with figures such as WNBA player Sophie Cunningham having recently taken the opposing view, publicly defending the exclusion of trans athletes as necessary to protect girls and women in sport. The report, published by Fox News, frames Rapinoe's stance as part of a continuing clash of perspectives on the subject, though it provides limited additional detail on the specific context or setting in which she made her comments.