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The inclusion of transgender athletes has been strongly debated in the world of sport and beyond.
The NBA star Jonathan Isaac has already shared his reflections on the subject. Last year, the Magic Orlando striker seemed to take a particular problem with the commemoration of the White House of the “Day of Visibility of Transgender”.
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Transgender flag and separate with the finish line of the track (Getty Images)
Events at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue took place on March 31, the same day as Easter Sunday in 2024. Isaac has a line of confessional clothing and shoes called “Unitus” and he often discusses his Christian conviction.
“They want you to hate! It does not help anyone and only to promote the division,” he wrote. “They know exactly what they are doing … We have to be angry but should not lose the mind of what tomorrow means! Do not lose concentration. Because it is lifted, there is hope for all.”
In a recent interview with PK Press Club Digital, Isaac also explained its position on the eligibility of transgender athletes in female girls and sports.
Jonathan Isaac de The Magic in the Atlanta Hawks match at Kia Center on April 8, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Images Rich Storry / Getty)
“It’s just a difficult situation. There is an ethics … There is something that, I believe, is true. I believe that men and women are different. I believe that men do not belong to female sports, it is a fundamental belief that I hold. For reasons, I am a guy and I can understand the difference and the advantages that we have,” said Isaac.
“But at the same time, there is a reality of the situation … There are people who are not in sport that are transgender (who) try to live their lives in the best way they know. And they have this feeling of what they believe well and who else is to say that they are in a certain sense.”
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Isaac recognized humanity of the complex situation, but said that his belief in the fundamental differences between men and women ultimately encouraged him to draw a line in the sand.
“Where I put my flag, I believe that to respond to the feelings of this group, I should tread the feelings of women to get there. And that’s where I say:” Ok, that’s where I think it’s bad “and I would be ready to put my voice. I understand the humanity of the situation. I want my daughter to compete with a transgender athlete (who) is published.
Isaac shares two girls with his wife.
Shortly after the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, he signed an executive decree prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in the sports of girls and women.
President Donald Trump signs a decree that prohibits transgender female athletes from participating in female or girls sports in the White House on February 5, 2025. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)
The executive decree, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, was based on title IX, which is part of a law on civil rights adopted in 1972 which prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs funded by the federal government.
The ordinance asked the Ministry of Education to investigate university establishments which have failed to comply. If a school is considered non -compliant, federal funds could be removed.
Elsewhere, the International Olympic Committee has decided to authorize the global federations that govern a variety of sports to create their respective eligibility rules. Under Trump’s decree, the State Department is invited to demand changes within the committee.
The NCAA reacted to the decree by presenting a new radical policy. The organization’s updated participation policy, which was announced in February, said that only “students assigned to birth” will be authorized to participate in intercollegial sports competitions.
The last policy allowed “students assigned to a man at birth to practice with female teams and receive services such as medical care”. However, these athletes are prohibited from any competition sanctioned by the NCAA.
In December 2024, the president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, told a Senate committee that there were “less than 10” students of athletes from the Transgender College that he was aware of at the time. Baker, who was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023, also confirmed that there were about “five hundred and ten thousand” athletes registered in more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the 50 states than the NCAA supervises.
