As WNBA players take opposing sides on whether males are welcome to compete in the women-only basketball league, and former NBA players declare their eligibility for the WNBA under criteria that don't explicitly limit competition to females, the players' union is taking a firm stand in favor of fumfering. While the WNBA is a "women's league," Clarendon said she considers women "an umbrella term that would include trans and non-binary people who are marginalized by gender." That fall, the players union joined a legal brief in support of Connecticut's "trans-inclusive" high school sports policy. DOJ lawyer offers to represent male player if WNBA rejects himThe union leadership's Friday statement said its values of "justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion" unite players. Former NBA player White followed Freedom's declaration and the WNBPA's statement hours later Friday, but took it up a notch.