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.

No trans men, no. No serious competition between trans men and biological men on the whole.

Very interesting programme. Martina is ace (no pun intended).

I think I'm a bit behind...

Just saying no trans men sport talked about

The thing about these tests that they're doing at the moment is if you were a trans woman and wanted to pretend you couldn't squeeze as hard as you could so that you could influence the results you would have a vested interest in doing so really

Why is that. Can the trans men compete with men. Just saying

And yes it did explain at the beginning of the program that she would be only following trans women because it was trans women going into women's sports that was the concern. I did love the way she said she would not be using the word cis as to her there were women and trans women

Oh right I never seen start

I think I cried when I had to watch Wreck it Ralph for the 1433209432th time. Does that count?

Love what Martina just said about women’s struggles in sport.

Again, sympathise with the struggle of trans.

Male feelings weigh more than female needs.

Who is this woman talking about struggles and feels and how female athletes have to feel sorry for trans and intersex athletes?

This woke young female is pissing me off

Here we go. Be kind.
Yes, we have lots of bloody examples of transwomen dominating as soon as they step into sport. This lawyer is an idiot.

Did this woman really lecture MARTINA NAVRATILOVA on the struggles that gay and lesbian athletes faced in the past? Unbelievable

What this professor saying she really can’t see advantages of being a man against a woman? Come on!

Woke lawyer makes me cross

Dr Seema Patel - why is it always females that have to 'budge over' and be compassionate?

Martina has totally nailed the “you’re talking crap” look hasn’t she!

The rights of individuals - all male individuals, with the females being told to let them have what they want and be the bigger person about their losses. Because bless.

FUCK THAT.

And here we have the perfect demonstration of regulatory/policy capture in academia.

Excellent programme. Well done Martina.

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