If you’re commentating on the first ever openly non-binary Olympian, the first thing you should do is make sure you absolutely do not misgender them.
Todd Harris and Paul Zitzer for NBC Sports and Marc Churchill and Ed Leigh for the BBC must have missed the memo, because they just kept doing it.
And naturally, Twitter was outraged.
It really is pretty garbage hearing NBC commentators repeatedly misgendering Alana Smith when they literally have they/them on their board.
It really is pretty garbage hearing NBC commentators repeatedly misgendering Alana Smith when they literally have they/them on their board. pic.twitter.com/q6aJqOPESb
— Erin, Sundresses Mom (@ErinInTheMorn) July 26, 2021
Despite it being literally written on their skateboard…
To the BBC commentators. Alana Smith has they/them on their skateboard and goes by that.
I'm sure it's not done in malice, but just a note. #BBCOlympics pic.twitter.com/Nc7Pi7kZUs
— Justin (@juza_23) July 26, 2021
