{"id":429553,"date":"2023-07-11T19:07:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=429553"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:07:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:07:36","slug":"tennis-star-martina-navratilova-responds-to-megan-rapinoes-comments-on-transgender-athletes-competing-in-women-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tennis-star-martina-navratilova-responds-to-megan-rapinoes-comments-on-transgender-athletes-competing-in-women-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Star Martina Navratilova Responds To Megan Rapinoe&#8217;s Comments On Transgender Athletes Competing In Women Sports\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Rapinoe, a standout for the USWNT, has criticized her nation for the way it has handled the issue of transgender athletes participating in women&#8217;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as a country are trying to legislate away people\u2019s full humanity,\u201d Rapinoe told Time magazine.\u201cIt\u2019s particularly frustrating when women\u2019s sports is weaponized. Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women\u2019s sports? That\u2019s total bulls&#8211;t. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It\u2019s just not happening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis Star Martina Navratilova Responds To Megan Rapinoe&#8217;s Comments On Transgender Athletes Competing In Women&#8217;s Sports<\/h2>\n<p>As Megan Rapinoe prepares to compete in her final World Cup later this month, the tennis great Martina Navratilova appeared to respond to her remarks on transgender athletes participating in women&#8217;s sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI see trans women as real women,\u201d the two-time World Cup champ said. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mPinoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mPinoe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBTQ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGBTQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fDcfpxBDMD\">https:\/\/t.co\/fDcfpxBDMD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lgbtqnation\/status\/1678830262912708624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The nine-time Wimbledon winner has advocated for the homosexual community but has opposed transgender athletes playing against naturally-born female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova added one word as the remarks spread throughout the internet.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote, &#8220;Yikes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Martina Navratilova has 1-word response to Megan Rapinoe&#39;s remarks on trans participation in women&#39;s sports <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xBZZwORYc\">https:\/\/t.co\/7xBZZwORYc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1678744732728541184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She praised World Athletics in March for implementing a rule excluding transgender female athletes from participating in women&#8217;s sports. It was described by her as a &#8220;step in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the wake of World Athletics\u2019 announcement, I think the best idea would be to have \u2018biological female\u2019 and \u2018biological girls\u2019 categories and then an \u2018open\u2019 category,&#8221; she wrote in an op-ed in The Times of UK.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe explained how supporting women&#39;s sports is good for equality AND good for business, in a press conference ahead of the 2023 Women&#39;s World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQ2IQnyfEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/sQ2IQnyfEQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisimpact\/status\/1675701646742126598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once somebody has gone through male puberty, there is no way to erase that physical advantage. You cannot simply turn back the clock, for instance by trying to lower testosterone levels,&#8221; Navratilova said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Megan Rapinoe said she would absolutely welcome a man pretending to a woman on to the US women\u2019s soccer team. Reminder: a 15 year old boys team in Dallas smoked the US women\u2019s soccer team. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/seLdDhOybg\">pic.twitter.com\/seLdDhOybg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1678557998476587018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Asked if she would embrace a biological man identifying as a woman on the U.S. women\u2019s soccer team, even if a biological woman lost her place to him, Rapinoe declared, \u201cAbsolutely,\u201d adding, \u201c\u2018You\u2019re taking a \u2018real\u2019 woman\u2019s place,\u2019 that\u2019s the part of the argument that\u2019s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you\u2019re saying automatically in the argument\u2014you\u2019re sort of telling on yourself already\u2014is you don\u2019t believe these people are women. Therefore, they\u2019re taking the other spot. I don\u2019t feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022, the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor, from President Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two-time World Cup and 2019 Ballon d\u2019Or winner Megan Rapinoe announces she will retire at the end of the NWSL season.<\/p>\n<p>A USWNT legend \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dHAHhi0DB6\">pic.twitter.com\/dHAHhi0DB6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1677727715212787713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe criticized the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 734) in March.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New OutKick contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Riley_Gaines_<\/a> challenged Megan Rapinoe to a debate about biological men competing in women&#39;s sports. <\/p>\n<p>Of course Rapinoe won&#39;t accept because a debate requires things like, you know, facts and science. Those aren&#39;t on her side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/237IZplpdf\">https:\/\/t.co\/237IZplpdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1678537794547793920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Benefit Of Doubt Might Be Given To Coach Pat Fitzgerald Post Unwarranted Termination Based On No Credible Information\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/benefit-of-doubt-might-be-given-to-coach-pat-fitzgerald-post-unwarranted-termination-based-on-no-credible-information\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Benefit Of Doubt Might Be Given To Coach Pat Fitzgerald Post Unwarranted Termination Based On No Credible Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Rapinoe, a standout for the USWNT, has criticized her nation for the way it has handled the issue of transgender athletes participating in women&#8217;s sports. \u201cWe as a country are trying to legislate away people\u2019s full humanity,\u201d Rapinoe told Time magazine.\u201cIt\u2019s particularly frustrating when women\u2019s sports is weaponized. 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