ESPN announced on Wednesday that they had terminated the contract of Curt Schilling. Schilling, a former pitcher for the Red Sox and now an analyst, had tweeted a photo mocking transgender people. The photo insinuated that transgender women were actually just men who were dressed as women. This is not Schilling's first time saying something offensive. I think ESPN made the right move because of the platform he has and the way that his "meme" further marginalizes already oppressed identities. What Schilling does not grasp at is that those who identify as transgender aren't entering a restroom to abuse/molest little girls. They are entering that restroom because they identify as a woman, and they deserve to use the woman's bathroom.
-McKenzie
This just shows that discrimination is still well and alive and thought as a joke. sad to see that people are still making fun of people of being themselves.
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