103: Pronouns, Your Job & the WNBA: Gender Ideology Hits a Breaking Point

California now requires every employer with five or more employees to run staff through state-approved sexual harassment training, and that training teaches that using the wrong pronoun or a person's pre-transition name is illegal harassment. Greg Burt took the state's supervisor course himself, and he walks Sophia through what he found, including the videos and screenshots CFC published this week. Then the conversation turns to sports, where WNBA player Sophie Cunningham refused to back down after speaking up for female athletes, and two former NBA players declared for the 2027 WNBA draft to expose the league's own self-identification rules. Plus a preview of the Life, Family, Liberty Gala on September 16 with Seth Dillon of The Babylon Bee.LinksLife, Family, Liberty Gala, September 16Tickets, tables, and sponsorships: https://watchdog.californiafamily.org/fundraising/e/2026-galaAll CFC events: https://watchdog.californiafamily.org/rsvp/eventsStory 1: California says you must affirm gender ideology to keep your jobCFC article with the training screenshots: https://www.californiafamily.org/2026/08/ca-says-you-must-affirm-gender-ideology-to-keep-your-job/The state's free training portal (take it yourself): https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/shptGovernment Code 12950.1, the mandate: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=12950.1Related, teachers and the PRISM training: https://www.californiafamily.org/2026/07/the-faith-test-california-makes-teachers-take-and-how-to-refuse-it/Story 2: Sophie Cunningham and women's sportsESPN, Cunningham says she wants to get back to basketball: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/49538591/amid-tension-cunningham-says-wants-get-back-basketballTimeline of the controversy: https://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article/sophie-cunningham-controversy-timeline-of-the-latest-discourse-around-the-wnba-what-caitlin-clark-has-said-221320700.htmlStory 3: Two former NBA players declare for the 2027 WNBA draftEnes Kanter Freedom's declaration: https://www.mediaite.com/media/sports/enes-kanter-freedom-officially-declares-for-wnba-draft-as-pressure-campaign-on-leagues-trans-policy-ratchets-up/Royce White follows: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/former-nba-player-royce-white-declaring-next-wnba-draft-enes-kanter-announcementThe WNBA's response, calling the debate bad faith: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/12/wnba-denounces-bad-faith-transgender-women-debate-says-league-no/ABC News explainer: https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/wnba-faces-controversy-transgender-eligibility-nba-players-declare/story?id=135516906Watch and followSign up for the weekly newsletter: https://www.californiafamily.org/sign-up/Give: https://www.californiafamily.org/give/