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#TeamNavratilova is gathering pace!

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 20/02/2019 12:19

Firing Martina from Allies is working out to be an own goal as more people stand up and speak out on this.

twitter.com/hashtag/TeamNavratilova?src=hash

We know how twitter works Hmm in regards to women speaking out so perhaps this thread could be a place to gather excellent quotes and pictures for people to spread across other platforms and show that Martina's views are shared not by a trickle of support but a tidal wave.

I feel in need of a very nice #TeamNavratilova picture to put on my fbook, any social media gurus around to advise?

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Sam2112 · 01/03/2019 20:57

indeed, putting me to shame, i would've love to compete in so many sports but was never encouraged so cool to see so many super HUMANS and talented women showing what is possible

Womens sports for WOMEN -

I can recall being told i ran like a girl, even being intersex and partially male... so these women show it is COOL TO RUN LIKE A GIRL - as they win!

Proud of my XX chromosomes - (have a Y chromosome as well that often fails me!!)

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 20:49

This is why it is so important
4thwavenow.com/2018/04/15/surly-shirley-and-the-assault-on-womens-sport-then-and-now/
Women athletes are in an impossible bind: speak out and suffer Shirley’s fate, or continue to lose in lopsided and unfair competitions. Nothing will change until the athletes themselves, and not their surrogates, begin to protest, speak out, and refuse to participate in patently unfair competition.

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ChattyLion · 01/03/2019 20:42

So proud of all these superhuman amazing sportswomen speaking up like this.
Just seen that Rebecca Adlington has FPFW info as her pinned tweet! Love it.

Bebstar123 · 01/03/2019 20:27

So glad these women have spoken up. I got TERF blocked (after three days on Twitter) and had a Tweet liked by Sally, all in one day!

Sam2112 · 01/03/2019 20:27

Agreed, sadly i am no sports person,.. was unable to partake in much sport - as intersex lived as female from age 9 - 19, told NO more football, no more cricket... "YOU can play NetBall now."
Was 1974 so soon accepted i was never going to excel in sport -

So great to see so many amazing sports women standing up for WOMENS SPORTS

take that trans women! men who failed in mens sports so tried to ruin womens sports - NO NO NO ....

rightreckoner · 01/03/2019 19:57

Love this. It's a who's who of women in sport. Go Martina, Sharron, Kelly, Becky, Sally, Nicola Grin

I am not at all a sports fan. I have no sporting ability. But all these women have inspired me over the years. Seeing their excellence and their fierce competitiveness. That picture that's at the top of Sharron's Twitter page - abso-fucking-lutely amazing. That is what a woman is. Well, it's one version of many (I don't look like that!) But that's what an amazing woman in sport looks like. Female bodied and awesome. Not Rachel McKinnon and her penis Confused Envy (not envy)

Go! Go! Go!

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 19:49

Oh and it's Sharron Davies who is tagging Ennis and everyone else, she is on a mission #iStandWithMartina

Becky Addlington has shared her post and is on #TeamNavratilova
mobile.twitter.com/BeckAdlington

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ChattyLion · 01/03/2019 19:41

Yay!!! Nicola Adams! She is fabulous.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 01/03/2019 19:36

Nicola Adams, oh my!
She's so much younger than most of the rest of them so that could be quite significant.

MrsJamin · 01/03/2019 19:32

Sharron Davies thread is amazing! Nicola Adams now supporting #teamnavratilova!

Bluestitch · 01/03/2019 19:21

Rod Liddle on this-

spectator.us/womens-sports-consist-men/

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 19:11

Add Sally Gunnell (who tagged @J_Ennis ffs!) calling for women to speak out to the glorious Joan McAlpine's statement yesterday and #TeamNavratilova is like...

#TeamNavratilova is gathering pace!
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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 18:51

Star to EweSurname who is clearly #TeamNavratilova

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EweSurname · 01/03/2019 18:35

Have I finally got the hang of this thread? Grin

EweSurname · 01/03/2019 18:34

Karen Pickering MBE

mobile.twitter.com/Karen_Pickering/status/1101510130636607488

picklemepopcorn · 01/03/2019 18:31

Ben Bradley MP has retweeted in support of Martina, too.

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 17:59

YES!

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EweSurname · 01/03/2019 17:30

Sally Gunnell is retweeted a FairPlay for women leaflet!

mobile.twitter.com/SallyGunnell/status/1101489009023438850

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 01/03/2019 01:09

#Team Navratilova
#iStandWithMartina

medium.com/@aniobrien/misogyny-to-the-left-of-me-chauvinism-to-the-right-here-i-am-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-4d48de1babca
Men have exploited the resources of everything and anything they have ever come across. They have been void of the very scruples demanded of women.

Slightly off topic but needs spread far and wide,
blogs.bmj.com/bmjebmspotlight/2019/02/25/gender-affirming-hormone-in-children-and-adolescents-evidence-review/
Treatments for under 18 gender dysphoric children and adolescents remain largely experimental...The current evidence base does not support informed decision making and safe practice.

quillette.com/2019/02/27/confronting-a-new-threat-to-female-athletics/
I want to be inclusive, but this issue is one place where I [now] can’t shut up.”

spectator.us/womens-sports-consist-men/

www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/womens-sports-transgender-athletes-controversy-martina-navratilova/
Transgender athlete breaks record on women’s sprint . . . Transgender boxer breaks woman’s jaw . . . Nope, still not inspired.

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 28/02/2019 22:01

Zuby is Twitter's heroine right now! Totally #TeamNavratilova Smile
twitter.com/ZubyMusic/status/1100685570425135104
Most people say stunning and brave. Thank you.

An interesting request here -
@BBCWomansHour @janegarvey1 will you be covering the #TeamNavratilova story?

An old link to the weightlifting story
www.samoaobserver.ws/en/23_03_2017/local/18224/Woman-lifter-beaten-by-transgender-speaks-up.htm

Selina Soule speaks up
twitter.com/Femmetastic3/status/1100692317604904965
Incredible interviewER with an incredibly smart young woman, real class. GET YOUR PARENTS INVOLVED!

#Team Navratilova
#iStandWithMartina

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SpeakUpXXWomen · 27/02/2019 11:01

Not strictly sport but definitely #iStand WithMartina If you have time and a bit of patience today this is a bit of an eye opener. There is a video here about academic rebel Dr Jordan Peterson. 8.00 in is astounding.
twitter.com/MarxismIsEvil/status/1100689593202950145
the idea seems to be ... if someone says something you don't like you just lay out the longest list of pejoratives that your imagination can generate and hope ... that one sticks, it's getting downright dull!

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EweSurname · 27/02/2019 09:31

When the level of argument is also "Why would a penis benefit male tennis players - it's not like it helps in holding a racket" then there are probably issues with the discourse.