Trans Rights And Lesbian Lefts, With Maya Goldberg-Safir

This week on Nothing But Respect, we welcomed back Maya Goldberg-Safir, one of my favorite WNBA writers and thinkers.

Maya runs https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/">Rough Notes and has written a handful of https://defector.com/cardte-hicks-played-above-the-rim-and-ahead-of-her-time">amazing Defector stories, and I consider her to be the best person covering the history of women's basketball.

On this episode, we talked about Maya's time at WNBA All-Star weekend in Chicago (https://www.bustle.com/wellness/wnba-all-star-weekend-queer-dating">which she wrote about for Bustle), the https://defector.com/sophie-cunningham-has-quite-a-journey-to-get-back-to-basketball">Sophie Cunningham situation, and the critical importance of understanding the past few decades of women's basketball history as a way into the controversies of today.

We also did some trademark NBR meta-discourse and planned the Golden State Valkyries' championship parade.

Also: Next week, we are doing a special Broke Jumper Tip Line episode, so please send in any stories you have about anyone notable interacting with basketball in any way! (347) 380-6426!