#TeamNavratilova is gathering pace!

[SpeakUpXXWomen]

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 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?

Another Olympic athlete (and another man!) supports women’s sports

mobile.twitter.com/steparry2/status/1106887627104550912

Steve Parry
@steparry2
Replying to
@sharrond62
,
@CP_RecruitMD
and
@DailyCaller
Well done Sharron. This is an issue without alot of debate

Sharron Davies MBE
@sharrond62
Hi
@sharrond62

@paulajradcliffe

@damekellyholmes
are sending a private letter 2 the
@iocmedia
asking 4 more research into residual benefits of transition in transgender sport. We ALL need a safe & fair place 2 compete, love more elite athletes: loads so far DM us 2add your name

I note that Helen Joyce, The Economist's Finance Editor has applauded Steve Parry's support
mobile.twitter.com/HJJoyceEcon/status/1106976814835081216
keep sticking up for female athletes please! It's not fair that so many men are letting them take all the heat, when all athletes, male and female, know perfectly well why sporting competitions are segregated by sex.

She also wrote this fantastic piece
quillette.com/2018/12/04/the-new-patriarchy-how-trans-radicalism-hurts-women-children-and-trans-people-themselves/
women’s worries about their privacy and safety should not be brushed off or shouted down, she says. That is something women had to endure for millennia, under the old-fashioned patriarchal societies of yore. And they shouldn’t have to stand for it now that it has been rekindled under a new progressive guise.

There are some interesting points about roller derby there too. I wanted to join a local team last year but was unable to justify the injury risk due to males being welcomed into the female "inclusive" team.

mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1107363650048876549
Particularly important in contact sports, where female athletes will get seriously hurt & young female athletes too

dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/sharron-davies-transgender-athletes/
mobile.twitter.com/damekellyholmes/status/1106858066677506049
Excellent interview Sharon. Well done you and we are all right behind that way of thinking. No hate just facts!

Santino Marella, sports analyst and ex wrestler, states the obvious (with a Fallon Fox sounding example) and then seems to be forced to back track a bit but the article comments and emphasis seem very much #TeamNavratilova
www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1067599-santino-marella-intergender-wrestling-dangerous
www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1068131-santino-marella-clarifies-transgender-athletes

Davies MBE bringing publicity to Girl's Jujitsu Tournament won by a boy, the thread speaks for itself.
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1106123700695375872
The end of fair female sport if we don’t amend how transgender can be included in sport. Base sport on biology. Please.

McAlpine #iStandWithMartina shout out,
mobile.twitter.com/JoanMcAlpine/status/1107264959745019905
There is nothing "toxic" about pointing this out. Nothing "toxic" in @Martina* asking for fairness in female sport.

Navratilova on the war on children
mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1107400330839363584
This is too much...heartbreaking.

A quote retweeted by @Martina on another topic, relevant here too.
mobile.twitter.com/YesWeCan4Us/status/1107341801449549824
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's wonderful wisdom "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

#fairplayforwomen

Ta for doing this speakup💪💪

Yes I love the roundups!

BBC coverage:

Dame Kelly Holmes, Paula Radcliffe and Sharron Davies to write to IOC over transgender athletes

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/47608623

The call seems to have gone out to trans hq for the comments on this BBC tweet regarding the letter our fantastic superwomen (it autocorrected to that, I thought it apt)

mobile.twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1107740960929124352

Anyone on Twitter up for posting an alternative comment?

I love how one user call the 3 ladies trans!!!! Ahem. In your dreams.

My god, that thread. Someone referred to them as ‘old white rich women’ Kelly Holmes included. They’re so stupid it hurts.

Karen Pickering MBE!
mobile.twitter.com/Karen_Pickering/status/1106673759891668998
Great thread. Very proud of my fabulous friend @sharrond62*
in all she has achieved and in dealing with all she was denied. Pure class

Olympian Champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar @Hogshead3Au
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1106826533937860608

Tessa Sanderson CBE
mobile.twitter.com/tessasanderson/status/1109260381694758913
FAIR PLAY they must be MAD or need new spectacles

Coach Linda Blade (excellent detailed graphics here)
mobile.twitter.com/coachblade
Honoured to be interviewed by #MeghanMurphy on this @FeministCurrent* podcast. The beginning of a conversation that desperately needs to happen! It is critical 👉🏼 #IOC to set #biology-based eligibility standards that keeps the #female #athlete category level for #valid results 🙏🏼

This site is truly inspiring.
#savewomenssports savewomenssports.com
mobile.twitter.com/Angela400mh/status/1107030176834179072

Superstar Sharron Davies MBE
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1107188931068612608
Sadly Yes Elite Woman’s sport is going to be devastated in the next few years unless we can divide up races by sex not gender so females get the opportunity to race on a level physical playing field. Biology & science is the only way to decide what’s fair XY/XX #fairplayforwoman

Wonderwoman Martina Navratilova peaks the world
mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1109568972536627200
I wouldn’t call it indoctrination but I do think it’s going too far the other way. Some kids are just different and people are way too quick to go the trans route IMO. Let them decide later, and meantime stay away from drugs and irreversible surgeries.

Martina retweets Sharron
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1108635993542983680
It breaks my heart that in the sporting argument over fair play the rights of the born female, the vast majority of those in a woman’s race, are being totally over looked. Where are OUR rights? Why is it less important to look after females in our society?#fairplay4females

And just because I love this photo
mobile.twitter.com/BDimyon/status/1108659065436192769

It's working...
usatodayhss.com/2019/maryland-school-leaves-conference-because-of-leagues-transgender-policy
Grace Brethren Christian School, which educates students from prekindergarten all the way through high school, announced it was departing the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference (PVAC). And it made clear that the reason it was departing was the league’s stance on allowing transgender athletes to compete alongside other students.

www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/sport-has-fair-transgender-athlete-debate-sparks-up-once-more-ioc-decide-new-guidelines
cyclist Victoria Hood says that gesture isn’t enough. "They’re born male, they have a male body and that body goes through puberty with that influx of testosterone which then shapes their body," Hood said. "Just by lowering that testosterone for 12 months – that’s not going to eliminate a performance advantage. "Sport has to be fair."

#FairPlayForWomen

Thanks for these marvellous updates SpeakUpXXWomen. Brilliant stuff.

Datun, do you ever sleep?

😆

PUUUUUULLLLL!!!!

Martina Navratilova
@Martina
Cope or adjust?!? This is unreal. What needs to adjust is the asinine idea that lesbians need to adjust to a penis. Who that penis is attached is not the deciding factor here.

mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1110203610724556801

Martina yet again nails the key issue at hand.

I had a discussion with my sister at the weekend about competitors the Japan olympics. I think her blood pressure may have come down by now.

And let's not forget Judy Murray (Andy's mother and one of Britain's top tennis coaches). She's not having it either. :)

Poor Martina. She had no idea what she was walking into when she rattled Rachel's cage. So grateful to RM for sterling work bringing sunlight and alerting the world to the madness.

Has Judy Murray said anything public?

Martina is made of steel.

Martina is made of steel.

Martina is such a star - strong, talented, calm and so very non-snivelly.

She will be remembered long after these imposters (who they?)

gendercriticalactioncenter.org/action-thank-martina-navratilova-for-speaking-out

boatyardblues Has Judy Murray said anything public?

She has, although I forget what exactly, and Twitter is blocked on my computer so I can't check. But yes, she has said publicly that people with penises do not belong in women's sports.