Posted on 12/21/2018 1:46:06 PM PST by Red Badger
Female tennis great, feminist, and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova may have just compromised her status as an LGBTQ icon with a Tuesday evening tweet. Navratilova criticized current transgender policies in sports, stating “you can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women.”
Well Martina, somebody should have told you that you can’t just proclaim such common sense on social media.
Navratilova, long considered to be the greatest female tennis player of all time, and one of the “first openly gay sports figures”, engaged in a Twitter debate prompted by BBC Sport writer Alistair Magowan’s article about criticism leveled at trans athletes who compete at a high level.
Magowan posted the article titled Transgender Women in Sport: Are They Really A ‘Threat’ to Female Sport? and captioned it with a tweet lamenting the “100,000 hate messages” received by Cyclist Dr. Rachel McKinnon “since winning her world masters title in October.” The prevailing message that Magowan was pushing is that those who think it’s unfair for men to become women and compete in sports are encumbered by some sort of misunderstanding.
However, tennis star Navratilova, who was once one of the “wokest” high profile figures of her time, was brave enough to confront Magowan’s narrative. She tweeted in response to the BBC article, stating, “Clearly that can’t be right. You can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women. There must be some standards, and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that standard…”
Navratilova hasn’t been on the tennis circuit since 2010, after winning senior women’s doubles at that year’s French Open. This was immediately after undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer. Impressive to say the least, but for the International Tennis Hall of Famer, her career has always been impressive
In terms of gay rights, Navratilova’s coming out was also a watershed moment for the movement, and to this day, she continues to advocate for LGBTQ rights and progressive issues. In 2017, Navratilova wrote a public letter slamming former Australian tennis player Margaret Court’s “racist and homophobic” language against female tennis players, and most recently blasted the BBC for promoting the “gender-pay gap.”
But it should be interesting to see if Martina Navratilova’s activism buck stops here, considering that her Tuesday tweet represents a worldview that many radical LGBTQers have now deemed transphobic. Still, we hope that her perspective can jigger people back into thinking that the radical trans agenda may be going too far.
I love that she said this! It proved my point to 2 lesbian family members (I love them very much) who hate Trump for his recent disassociation with transgenders. I asked them to imagine that 2 trans females were on the opposing team in competition with their favorite women’s basketball team for a trophy, and won the title just because they were taller and had better muscles? Not fair, girls.
Odd is it not. A most superior gay female athlete that full well recognizes that men and women should not compete against each other when great physical strength and stamina are required.
Men and women are not superior nor inferior to each other in all things, nor equal We are different and praise the difference. Each have areas of superiority and inferiority.
Men that pretend to be women have an totally unfair advantage in physical sports. It is not fair and just plain damn wrong.
If you show this or forward this to them on FB or e-mail, they will attack Martina instead of agreeing with her or you...............
I am of the mind that these trannies just want to make a scene and rip off some big bucks while they are at it..............
Huh? Navratilova is gay. Last time I checked, lesbians are still female. The trans thing is a completely different issue.
“I am of the mind that these trannies just want to make a scene and rip off some big bucks while they are at it”
Correct, and they also get their day in the spotlight which appeals to their sadly twisted psych.
Navratilova is a woman? Really???
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Ironic since, as a vocal parade-lesbo, she went a long way toward causing the problem.
Who is Jack?
I remember those days, too. Innocent times, compared with today.
He’s been sequestered ever since he decided to sue the people that he smashed into with his car. He rightly caught hell for that. The Kardashian overlords decided that he needs to spend about 6 months on vacation on an island without cell coverage.
How weird and "wonderful" a world that will be!
(...begin jokes containing the word 'flaming')
Yup! And I hope a lot of sub-par guys (with respect to other guys) start doing this.
I hope a lot of college athletes start doing this, too, especially football players. Easy way to gut the abomination that is Title IX.
Turn the leftist SJW scum’s agenda against them!
Wait until the "transgenders" demand to be included in the NFL ... ROFL!!!
“Who is Jack?”
He’s the head of Twitter
You and yours created this monster, you transphobic hater.
Has Martina been suspended by FascistBook and Twitter yet? 
The suicide rate among men that have undergone surgical reassignment surgery is about 20 times greater than the normal population. They were mentally screwed up before surgery and a few years later even more screwed up. They kill themselves often.
I find it odd that a doctor will perform this surgery knowing full well he in reality is harming the patient and increasing his odds of suicide. I do not know the rate of suicide on female to male surgery. Perhaps some Freeper does know these numbers.
Note: The 20 times rate of suicide does not include drug deaths by overdose.
I feel sorry for these tortured people.
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Miss Spain is moderately attractive. “HE” is still XY chromosomes and is a man! His physicians were most skilled in their work but, “IT IS A DUDE!”
“I am sorry if I said anything anywhere near transphobic- certainly I meant no harm – I will educate myself better on this issue but meantime I will be quiet about it. Thank you”
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) December 21, 2018
“Ironic since, as a vocal parade-lesbo, she went a long way toward causing the problem.”
It is not easy but I must defend her. She was an advocate of acceptance about her sexuality. She never had one damn thing to do with intersexuality of men or women. She knew she was a woman but with different sexual desires.
She is still an damn liberal progressive. This is what I dislike about her.
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