Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is the loudest advocate of keeping male-to-females out of women’s sports. Engaging in yet another heated conversation on X (former Twitter), the nine-time Wimbledon champion called out the United States Tennis Association for their transgender inclusion policy.
The tennis legend, who also fights for keeping people born as males out of women’s restrooms, insists that having trans women compete against biological women is not fair:
Come on USTA – women’s tennis is not for failed male athletes – whatever age. This is not right and it is not fair. Would this be allowed at the US Open this month? Just with self ID? I don’t think so…
The USTA has taken a stance that “tennis thrives when the sport embraces inclusion” and that the sport is “open to all, regardless of one’s age, ethnicity, race, religious background, sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Navratilova’s comment on X was to a post from Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) co-founder Kim Shasby Jones who urged tennis organizations to change their approach, triggered by the news that Alicia Rowley, born as a male, reportedly won the women’s 55+ Grass Court National Championships and National Indoor Singles and Doubles Championship. Here’s Shasby’s…
