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EXPLAINED: Pride cup warns decision to ban transgender basketball player lexi rodgers sends concerning message | Rare Historical Photos

Pride Cup has criticised the decision to ban Lexi Rodgers from the NBL1 competition. (Instagram: Under The Surface)

LGBTQI+ support group Pride Cup has hit out at Basketball Australia's decision to reject transgender basketball player Lexi Rodgers's application to play at NBL1 level this season. 

Rodgers, a trans woman, had applied to play in the lower-tier tournament with the Kilsyth Cobras, but a panel convened by Basketball Australia (BA) ruled against her participation.

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