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Oh, SHELL No!: Canadian WNBA Team Introduces Non-Binary Turtle Mascot With She/They Pronouns

The WNBA is embroiled in several avoidable controversies. There are players physically targeting Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, two of the most popular players in the women’s professional basketball league. Speaking of ‘women,’ the league can’t decide what a 'woman' is and now has two male NBA players vying to be drafted into the league. […]

By deepak · August 22, 2026 · 2 min read

The WNBA is embroiled in several avoidable controversies. There are players physically targeting Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, two of the most popular players in the women’s professional basketball league. Speaking of ‘women,’ the league can’t decide what a 'woman' is and now has two male NBA players vying to be drafted into the league. They’re trying to force the women’s league to be a women’s league. In the midst of this insanity, the Toronto Tempo has introduced two mascots. Of course, one is non-binary.

This new she/they mascot is a turtle named Dez. (WATCH)

WNBA team Toronto Tempo unveils new non-binary mascot with She/They pronouns.Dez the mascot, who uses She/They pronouns, identifies as a “borealis blue” snapping turtle from Muskoka. pic.twitter.com/i1lFdfzWPO

Everything the left creates is ugly. God forbid they make a cute mascot like a normal person.

Dot, a female hare mascot, joins Dez. (WATCH)

This is the new blue haired non-binary mascot for the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo team.Dez the turtle uses She/They pronouns. pic.twitter.com/Uly47eIwPu

The Toronto Tempo have revealed their mascots:Dez (she/they) the Snapping Turtle and Dot (she/her) the Arctic Hare. pic.twitter.com/rgR6lD13xB

Posters say the mascots are lesbian-coded. Wait, did Lez, we mean Dez’s manly build and blue hair, give it away?

You know they are going to make the hare and the turle lesbians. But isnit me or did they do the meme with the hare and does she pass as female pic.twitter.com/ypsEuwuZbg

🤣🤣🤣 Lovely-an ugly lesbian looking mascot. This league continues to be an absolute joke.

Its like they want less people to watch. Why tf would a mascot have a sexual preference?

Stop it, you’re thinking like a sane person — this is the WNBA!

Commenters’ minds all went to the same place when they first saw ‘Dez.’

Dez..Deez…Nuts🥜 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZDrZ3RVhiy

🤣 that’s exactly how I read it initially

Source: Read the original article on twitchy.com