According to a Nike email that the Daily Wire obtained, Nike will be celebrating Pride month with a doctor who performs gender change surgeries on children.
In the email, Nike began by announcing that it would have a number of Pride events throughout the coming months, saying, “This summer, the NikeUNITED PRIDE Network has the honor of once again spotlighting and celebrating the past, present, and future of our global LGBTQIA+ community. We’re thrilled to have a phenomenal line-up of events and activities this June and July that will leave you inspired, invigorated, and immensely passionate about cultivating a better world for all Athletes*”
The email went on to explain the “theme” of the Pride events and what the reason for the year’s events, saying that the community is all about “equality.” In its words: “This year’s theme is Together We Are Undeniable. The LGBTQIA+ community continues to fight for equality – their fight to be themselves.”
Continuing, the email then noted that it would be celebrating both Juneteenth, a recent holiday meant to celebrate the end of slavery, and Pride month, focusing on “intersectional progress,” with the events. That part of the email said: “Together We Are Undeniable centers around determination; celebrating icons of the community and the progress we have and will continue to make in light of recent attacks and restrictions on the community and their allies. Our programming, coinciding with Juneteenth and the end of slavery in the United States, focuses on intersectional progress, connection, and celebration. The PRIDE network and I look forward to spending our summer with you and creating some undeniable memories together!“
The email then got into the nitty gritty of who would be invited to speak during some of the events. Among those invited was Dr. Blair Peters for a July 11th event. Dr. Peters is to discuss transgender policy, as the email said, saying, “Join the Human Rights Campaign, Portland Community Football Club’s Kaig Lightner, and OHSU Trans Health Program’s Dr. Blair Peters for a panel and Q&A to discuss policies impacting the transgender community.”
Who is Dr. Blair Peters? A doctor who bragged about performing gender change surgeries on young children on Twitter, saying, in a since-deleted tweet, “I performed gender affirming mastectomies (top surgeries) for 3 young adults and adolescents today. All had supportive parents present. You could see the family relief the second we wheeled back to the OR. I could sense the shift. ‘We made it. We have a chance.‘” The Libs of TikTok Twitter account had a screenshot of that tweet ready to go, check it out here:
Here he is bragging about it again. pic.twitter.com/4IhAAHOjPo
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 13, 2022
Dr. Peters also claimed to have performed a sex change operation on a minor in a video titled “Meet OHSU’s Dr. Blair Peters.” In that video, Dr. Peters said, “I have an adolescent patient who hasn’t been going to school … and they come back to clinic two months after top surgery … thriving all of the sudden.”
It remains to be seen if public outcry will lead Nike to cancel the event, or if they’ll stick with it despite the outrage.
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