Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column

Matt Calkins, a longtime sports columnist, said editors had refused to publish a column about transgender athletes in women’s competitions.

A sports columnist with The Seattle Times announced Thursday he has resigned after the outlet declined to run his piece on transgender athletes in women’s sports. “After 11 years as a sports columnist at the Seattle Times, I have decided to resign. It was entirely my choice, and it was not an easy one. The…

Matt Calkins claims the Seattle Times refused to publish his column on two student-athletes who oppose transgender athletes in women's sports.

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After 11 years as a sports columnist at The Seattle Times, Matt Calkins has resigned from the paper, saying editors refused to publish a column arguing that opposing biological males competing in women’s sports does not make someone “transphobic.” The columnist announced his resignation Thursday, saying the decision wa