Longtime ESPN reporter announces he's
transgender and changes name to 'M.A.'
Voepel so he can accept Basketball Hall
of Fame media honor next month as his
'authentic self'
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Alex Raskin
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
8/10/2022 10:40:29 AM
Award-winning ESPN reporter Mechelle Voepel is transitioning from female to male and will now be going by 'M.A. Voepel' while using he/him pronouns. Voepel revealed his transition on Tuesday, saying he wants to accept the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame next month as his 'authentic self.' 'In sports media, we're lucky to tell stories of others' journeys,' Voepel tweeted Tuesday. 'We have our own, too. Part of mine is being transgender, and I'm transitioning to male. Byline now M.A. Voepel, pronouns he/him. Please feel free to call me Voepel, MV, Michael, Mike; I'm good with them all.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
snapper451 8/10/2022 10:42:50 AM (No. 1243797)
Not trans, mentally ill.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/10/2022 10:46:02 AM (No. 1243801)
FTA:
'Glad to be who I've always been inside.
But you are. No matter what you do to your body. you will always be female.
38 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/10/2022 10:48:20 AM (No. 1243805)
You don't have to remind me not to watch this.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Quigley 8/10/2022 10:50:16 AM (No. 1243809)
Howdy, Ma. How’s Pa? You two been talkin’?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 8/10/2022 10:54:47 AM (No. 1243811)
Authentically totally disconnected from God and possessed by Satan.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
2assume 8/10/2022 10:55:34 AM (No. 1243812)
Give me a break. I am tired of being punked.
23 people like this.
This "reporter" is making herself the story. Sorry, but ESPN viewers watch for sports and certainly not the reporter's personal problems.
26 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 8/10/2022 11:05:46 AM (No. 1243819)
One more reason to not watch ESPN.
28 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/10/2022 11:06:59 AM (No. 1243822)
They don't make PINK medals, take a hike!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Paul Tibetts 8/10/2022 11:08:52 AM (No. 1243826)
In my opinion most all of ESPN has been mentally ill for some time. This is not the least bit surprising. Rather than putting herself proudly in the spotlight she should be seeking help for her delusions and paranoia.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 8/10/2022 11:10:08 AM (No. 1243828)
Her new sponsor deal is with Snap-on Tools!!
23 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
MarkTwain 8/10/2022 11:20:05 AM (No. 1243844)
Please share my delusion with me? Please? Oh, aren't I so brave!
13 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
janjan 8/10/2022 11:21:19 AM (No. 1243845)
No one ‘transitions’ from one gender to another. This is biologically impossible. It is very sad that society is trying to validate the delusions of mentally ill people.
16 people like this.
Basketball / ESPN - who would even notice?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
pinger 8/10/2022 11:33:57 AM (No. 1243855)
It has become clear that some brain-eating organism is affecting more and more of our population.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Norway 8/10/2022 11:42:46 AM (No. 1243868)
There have been several social contagions throughout human history. The mass hysterias of the Middle Ages and the huge Protestant camp meetings of the American 19th Century where people would shake, shout and faint are but two examples. Transgenderism is simply the latest.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 8/10/2022 11:45:41 AM (No. 1243869)
I'm sure its birthing human is very proud of it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 8/10/2022 11:54:27 AM (No. 1243878)
I can never quite figure out which direction they are going. Is M.A. a boys name or girls name?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
raspberry 8/10/2022 11:55:12 AM (No. 1243879)
As a child I learned it was "He, She, It."
So now this person's gender is It?
Am I confused here? I will be safe and call it It.
12 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
PostAway 8/10/2022 11:55:13 AM (No. 1243880)
Oh, the humanity! Make it stop! These trans-whatever stories are getting so old.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
coldborezero 8/10/2022 12:00:00 PM (No. 1243892)
Re#13: “No one ‘transitions’ from one gender to another.”
I agree wholeheartedly, but I would say “sex” instead of “gender”. Gender, while correct, is more a grammatical term than a scientific term. Voepel is immutably, genetically female, although not necessarily a “woman”. “Woman, like “Man”, is a title that is earned. My $.02.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 8/10/2022 12:09:18 PM (No. 1243915)
Mentally deranged people, harming themselves, and this is officially the policy of the Soviet Demonrat Party.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
sterling431 8/10/2022 12:24:16 PM (No. 1243936)
When she grows a penis I'll believe her.
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These people are so poisonous. My beloved granddaughter has taken up with a trans and needless to say we are estranged. I had my say and shut my mouth until one day she went on a anti-man hate filled spiel and I went up her a&& with tree spikes on. Obviously it worsened the situation.
Oh well. I will only push so far. (Sorry about the personal stuff.)
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
DVC 8/10/2022 12:39:02 PM (No. 1243952)
Re #15. It's the drugs. Drugs rot your brain. And more and more brain rot is apparent.
4 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
red1066 8/10/2022 12:46:58 PM (No. 1243957)
Yet another reason why I don't watch ESPN. The first was the political BS coming from the on air mouthpieces.
8 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/10/2022 12:59:45 PM (No. 1243971)
What #21 siid.
3 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Midwest Mom 8/10/2022 1:37:14 PM (No. 1243990)
Yawn…..
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
kono 8/10/2022 1:37:14 PM (No. 1243991)
Mechelle should be "M. I.", not "M. A." ... as in Mentally Ill.
I think I'll reserve "Mike" for the former First Wookie.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Historybuff 8/10/2022 1:44:49 PM (No. 1244000)
That took b alls
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Donna M 8/10/2022 1:49:18 PM (No. 1244004)
I do not know anything about this reporter because I do not follow sports. I will say that from my perspective, she didn't look particularly feminine as a woman and now she will be a not particularly masculine looking he. Hormones in middle age do some interesting things in women and she is at this point low in estrogen (and perhaps always was), high in testosterone (yes, women have testosterone). Let's hope she doesn't do anything surgically she'll regret in 10 years when being a man ain't what it's cracked up to be.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Vesicant 8/10/2022 3:16:03 PM (No. 1244095)
Changing from female to male? How will anybody be able to tell the difference? Seems like "Butch" would be a better name.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Gina 8/10/2022 3:26:41 PM (No. 1244112)
This is a cry for attention. These people don't have a lot going for them and when they do this they all of a sudden get a lot of attention.
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Re #23: I get to repeat what I heard Rush say ...
"she'll be having an addadictomy"
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Rinktum 8/10/2022 4:10:39 PM (No. 1244149)
Truth be known, this lady is possibly just tired of the makeup and hair styling and has just decided to let herself go. It’s easier to transition than to make excuses for a looking like a total wreck. She could be a Tom boy that has never grown out of it. I know women who present very masculinely yet they are females. Some women just do not like all the primping and everything that goes along with being female so they just forego it. Maybe that’s her deal, but you know you don’t get any accolades by your peers if you’re just tomboyish and flush your makeup. Better to go with the trend of the day, I’m transitioning!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/10/2022 4:48:42 PM (No. 1244183)
He/him can go live in his fantasy world without announcing it to the whole world. PS, I don't care what you want to be called because I'm never going to call you.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/10/2022 4:53:03 PM (No. 1244186)
Genuine Karma for a transition in this particular direction would result in becoming a man and suddenly realizing what it's like to put up with the women in your life.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/10/2022 6:06:18 PM (No. 1244221)
She's NOT transgender she's he.
She's F'd up in the head.
He's she.
What is the problem here ?
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
bassman 8/10/2022 6:16:40 PM (No. 1244232)
I quit watching ESPN 4 years ago. They can all be freaks for all I care!
2 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
mifla 8/12/2022 4:56:03 AM (No. 1245690)
How very chic of you. Now go away.
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