San Jose State Trans Volleyball Player Allegedly Hid Gender Identity To Play On Women's Team

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Here we go again with "that thing that never actually happens" happening once again. According to a report from Reduxx, a biological male volleyball player at San Jose State hid his true gender to play on the women's team. 

According to Reduxx reporter Anna Slatz, "Blaire Fleming, born Brayden, is currently playing women’s Division I volleyball for San Jose State University." Fleming competes on the university's indoor volleyball team in the fall, as well as its beach volleyball team in the spring. 

Fleming wears #3 on the women's team. 

According to Fleming's official bio on the San Jose State athletics website, the player stands 6'1" tall and is a redshirt junior. Fleming previously played at Coastal Carolina University, on the women's team, but left after one year.

That one year was the 2020-21 season. South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill in 2021 to ban transgender women (biological males) from women's sports. The bill eventually passed in 2022. 

But Fleming had left for the California-based university prior to the start of the 2021-22 season. 

Blaire Fleming is a member of the San Jose State women's volleyball team. 

(Getty Images & San Jose State Athletics)

The SJSU bio also says that Fleming graduated from John Champe High School in Virginia in 2020, where Fleming competed on the girls' volleyball team. Fleming also played on the Virginia Juniors girls' club team. 

It goes on to laud Fleming for helping the high school team win a school-record 19 matches and setting the school record with 30 kills in a match while also setting the school's single-season record with 266 kills.

OutKick reached out to the San Jose State athletics department to ask if they can confirm or deny the report and if Fleming is currently on an athletics scholarship. We have yet to hear back as of publishing. 

A report from Reduxx says that a biological male on the women's volleyball team at San Jose State University hid his true gender identity.

A report from Reduxx says that a biological male on the women's volleyball team at San Jose State University hid his true gender identity.

(Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

What's interesting about this story is the idea that the player potentially hid their biological sex to play on the women's team. According to the Reduxx report, "His family members have been careful not to publicly identify him as transgender, but his grandmother referred to him as her 'grandson' in an early photo." 

One of the biggest criticisms OutKick receives for talking about this issue – transgender women (biological males) in women's sports – is that "it doesn't happen that often." 

People often cite the small number of "openly transgender athletes in Division I" athletics. But how many players aren't "openly transgender"? This is just the latest example, but are we to believe this is a single case? 

As more and more of these stories come out, people must remember that this is an important issue, and it is affecting women's sports. 

No matter what the Harvard Crimson and other left-wing media outlets try to tell us. 

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Dan began his sports media career at ESPN, where he survived for nearly a decade. Once the Stockholm Syndrome cleared, he made his way to OutKick. He is secure enough in his masculinity to admit he is a cat-enthusiast with three cats, one of which is named "Brady" because his wife wishes she were married to Tom instead of him.