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Columnist Walks Away Over Censorship | Wilmington News
After 11 years at The Seattle Times, sports columnist Matt Calkins walked away—fueled by frustration that his voice was being silenced. He penned a column exploring concerns from female student-athletes about transgender girls competing in women’s sports, aiming to show these views aren’t anti-trans but rooted in fairness. The piece was rejected—not for content, but for lack of advance notice. Calkins saw it as censorship, part of a pattern of stifling dissenting perspectives. Inspired by athletes he met at a Seattle Storm game, he published the column on Substack, vowing to keep writing…
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