Martina Navratilova to front BBC1 transgender athletes doc

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I knew she was making a documentary but I didn't know it was for the BBC. Bit wary now of what she'll be allowed to say.

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The tennis star and gay rights campaigner is to front Brook Lapping’s 60-minute doc Trans Athletes: A Fair Playing Field?, which will air next month.

In February, Navratilova was roundly criticised by trans and equality activists for stating that allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sporting tournaments was “insane and cheating”. She subsequently said she would do more research on the matter.

For the doc, Navratilova will speak with the athletes, scientists and sporting officials at the forefront of the debate, including former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, who said in March that transgender athletes could “ruin women’s sport”.

She will also meet trans medical physicist and former runner Joanna Harper, who will explain how her run times dropped by more than 10% following her transition.

Not sure I will be able to watch it. It's on the BBC and there is no way they will broadcast anything negative about trans people.
I very much hope I am wrong though.
Martina has seen what they are doing to lesbians and she is certainly no fool. Fingers crossed

I’m not going to watch it. The BBC can’t be trusted on this particular subject.

Oh dear, not Ellis CashforMore Bollocks.
He is such a media wannabe. I am going to struggle to watch this.

Sociologist Ellis Cashmore tells Navratilova sport will have to change

Since when did any sociologist have any relevance? Especially when it comes to making regulations or laws?

I think we may be able to safely ignore "relevance greedy" Cashmore.

Excellent! All the more reason for me to watch the programme. I half heartedly intended to but now I know Martina is on it, I definitely will. I'm a fan.

Man says: in other words, dissolve the binary completely

That's Queer theory right there!

And what a surprise that yet another man subscribes to Queer Theory ... the primary aim of which is to eliminate the boundaries of the female sex class.

I don’t think I’ll watch it. I read the synopsis and there is a blatant missing aspect of the story - the voices of girls/women competing against TW. Everything else is there - TW, scientists.....only the wonderful Sharron Davies shouting our corner.
I’m not sure my blood pressure can take it.

I’m so cynical, the first thing that came into my head when I saw this advertised is that the BBC ‘asked’ her to do this documentary, whilst reminding her of her contract as Wimbledon commentator.

I am all set to watch it but I'm not sure I can actually be arsed. I might just come back here and read your comments instead.

I just can't face this tonight. Will record it and watch Rob Lowe instead, it will be better for my sanity.

Can’t face it, may shout at tv

I'm watching. So far she's rejected the term cis, yay. Now talking to Helen Belcher.

I'm watching it. Shes been upfront about not wanting cis as a prefix.

Dreading it tbh.

Watching now...

Christ.

I cba to watch this. The non woke 90% of the population are just like, ‘don’t be so bloody stupid,’ but the BBC won’t even present anything like balance between the two arguments, let alone come within 100 yards of common sense.

Oh dear, shouting at the telly already. Can't say what I'm shouting or it would get me banned from Mumsnet.

Our eyes see what our eyes see. Not going to do mental gymnastics to pretend it's something else.

Oh god I can’t watch as am out still! Going to have to follow it on here. I’m thinking even if it’s biased reporting and heavily edited it’s still going to be visually revealing yes?!

Argh!

I’m getting a headache from rolling my eyes so I might have to switch off. Is martina going to speak to any actual women?

Wish I hadn't started watching this tbh. I'd hoped it would be a bit more reality based and less the poor victimised trans.

Lipstick changes everything. FFS.

So here’s the third man ....

Sort of dreading watching this - kids are still awake and I don’t want them watching some woke-friendly bullshit - I’ll watch alone later.

Ellis Cashmore - shiny white male prick handing over women's rights to other males. Fuck him.

What’s the ratio of males to females so far? 3 to 1?