Inside the personal and political impact of Dawn Staley's support for trans women in sports

For trans fans, Staley's words were "like a million breaths of fresh air."

Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks capped off an undefeated season with a 87-75 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA Division I women’s basketball national championship game. It’s Staley’s third national championship as a coach — second in three years — and, given she lost five of last season’s starters to the…