MLB All-Star dismisses notion of ‘tarnished’ legacy for stance on trans minors

Zack Cozart, a 2017 Nationwide League All-Star, stays sturdy in his stance on minors present process gender reassignment.

The previous Cincinnati Reds shortstop claimed in a social media publish on Friday that he “was advised [his] fame has been ‘tarnished’ because of his conservative views and pondering that minors shouldn’t be capable of ‘change gender’.

“Let me be clear… whether or not this stuff are true [because] I do not assume a baby ought to be allowed to vary gender, so be it…’, Cozart proclaimed.[You] flip 18, do no matter [you] need, however when [you] I can not get a tattoo till I am 18, I am most likely on the correct facet of the argument after I say [you] should not have the ability to change [your] intercourse below 18.”

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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart towards the Colorado Rockies at Nice American Ball Park. (Aaron Doster/USA Right this moment Sports activities)

Cozart has additionally expressed his views on transgender athletes in ladies’ and ladies’s sports activities.

“Think about being towards this lol,” Cozart posted on X in July 2024 in response to a publish that quoted President Donald Trump: “We is not going to enable males to play in girls’s sports activities. That can finish instantly.”

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart (2) towards the Miami Marlins at Nice American Ball Park. (Aaron Doster/USA Right this moment Sports activities)

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Earlier this week, he appeared to publish sarcastically concerning the Olympics’ reported determination to ban transgender athletes from feminine occasions after discovering proof of advantages for organic males.

“Wow, they only discovered it now?” he wrote.

Cozart did say he would now not assist Trump if the USA went to warfare in June, however he modified course after a ceasefire was introduced on the time.

“I am fortunately consuming my phrases for what occurred at this time…lesson discovered to belief the person,” he wrote on X.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart hits a two-run residence run towards the Philadelphia Phillies through the first inning at Residents Financial institution Park. (Invoice Streicher/USA Right this moment Sports activities)

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Cozart was nominated for the Reds Corridor of Fame final week.

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