Guy has no business competing against females! Martina Navratilova celebrates MMA fighter Ansl
18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova continued her tirade against the participation of trans athletes in female sports as she praised MMA fighter Ansleigh Wilk for her win against a trans athlete. The 23-year-old MMA fighter shared a post on social media site ‘X’ in which she can be seen tapping out her opponent twice. Wilk further revealed that she was not told that she was fighting a trans athlete before the match.
Completely unfair for me to not have a choice or any preparation to prepare for something so different. And especially unfair to the girls that were traumatized by this even of unknowingly going against a trans athlete.Ansleigh Wilk on X
The issue of trans athletes’ participation in women’s sports has been a topic of hot contention. Former tennis World No.1 Navratilova has never shied away from sharing her strong views on the topic.
Complimenting the MMA fighter, Navratilova shared the fighter’s post on ‘X’ captioned:
Well done again Ansleigh- guy has no business competing against females- these rules must change!
Navratilova has been critical of allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports and has often described them as “failed male athletes“. The former pro has faced repercussions for her actions and was removed from the advisory board of Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ athlete advocacy group.
Former World No.1 women’s singles tennis player Martina Navratilova defended famed author JK Rowling after the British got embroiled in a controversy over her apparent transphobic comments. Rowling shared a screenshot of a photo that said, “Repeat after us: Trans women are women”.
She quoted that photo on her social media site ‘X’ with a caption, “No”. The users on social media responded to the post by accusing the Brit of transphobia.
Navratile jumped in defense of Rowling as she took a shot at the social media users. She took a jibe at the netizens and shared a post captioned,
Stating a fact is not transphobic.
Earlier this year, Navratilova re-posted her support of a Nike boycott on social media because the sporting giant entered into a corporate sponsorship with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to advertise a sports bra.
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