NWSL supports Barbra Banda after Fox News guest calls her 'a male'

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

NWSL supports Barbra Banda after Fox News guest calls her 'a male'

https://www.advocate.com/sports/barbra-banda-fox-news#rebelltitem1 🔗

Mey Rude (4 Nov 2025)

After a Fox News guest called female soccer superstar Barbra Banda a "male," the NWSL and Banda's team, the Orlando Pride, have issued statements standing by the Zambian forward.

... the debate has reached Fox News, where host Dana Perino spoke with the founder of an anti-trans clothing company about the issue of intersex athletes in women's soccer.

Jennifer Sey, CEO and founder of XX-XY Athletics... went on Fox News on November 4...

While there, she called NWSL player Barbra Banda, who is a cisgender woman, a "male."

"The women we just heard from, do they want to compete against transgender males [sic]?" Perino asks Sey.

"Well, there are several males in the National Women's Soccer League," Sey replies. "They aren't trans identified, they're men with DSDs. In fact, one of the best players in the league is a male, Barbra Banda, who plays for Orlando Pride."

Banda, who was born a girl and has lived as a girl and woman her entire life, was left off the Zambian National Team for the 2022 African Championship. While early reports said it was because she had a test showing that she had elevated testosterone levels, her agent later clarified that she had not failed any genetic or hormone tests, and that she was removed from the team after a team doctor evaluated her "physical conditions" and decided not to sign off on her.

"Nothing, no existing regulations that we are aware of, prevents Barbra's participation," her agent said.

FIFA, the world's largest governing body for the sport, said that Banda is eligible to play in the World Cup and it has "never questioned that she is female," according to the AP.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Jennifer Sey, CEO and founder of XX-XY Athletics

Jennifer Sey, CEO and founder of XX-XY Athletics, should now have to undergo medical tests to prove she is what she claims. What's fair is fair.

In the military tradition of a "coin check", one must show their Challenge Coin to prove they have the authority to challenge others to produce their coin.

In the Electricians' Union, you must show your dues receipt to prove you have the authority to ask others to verify their membership.

So, as a matter of etiquette, those who challenge the biology of another should publicly prove theirs first.