Tennis Legend Criticizes Trans Activist for Criticizing Riley Gaines

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has defended former swimming champion Riley Gaines after she faced criticism for expressing discomfort abo...

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07 August 2023 1:41 pm

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Tennis Legend Criticizes Trans Activist for Criticizing Riley Gaines

Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Defends Riley Gaines

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has defended former swimming champion Riley Gaines after she faced criticism for expressing discomfort about changing in the locker room with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

Navratilova, 66, responded to a person on Twitter who mocked Gaines for her comments during a podcast.

Gaines had mentioned that she had managed to refrain from looking at the genitals of every person she had been in a changing room with when asked about Thomas' genitals.

Thomas, who identifies as female, had deprived Gaines of receiving an NCAA award at a meet.

Martina Navratilova Criticizes Transgender Women in Sports

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova criticized a recent decision allowing transgender women to compete in women's sports.

In a tweet, she expressed concern about the presence of transgender women in locker rooms, particularly in the context of young girls.

Navratilova called the decision "irresponsible" and urged individuals to avoid looking at each other in order to prevent discomfort.

Martina Navratilova Defends Sex-Based Women's Spaces

Former professional tennis player Martina Navratilova defended the need for sex-based women's spaces, stating that men have historically controlled women's bodies and that asking for such spaces is not fascism.

She also expressed concern about men being able to access women's locker rooms without any consequences, and urged others to not be okay with it either.

Martina Navratilova Dismisses Comparison to Lesbians in Locker Rooms

In this content, a trans-activist named Martina is responding to someone who compared the fear of allowing trans-identifying males in women's locker rooms to the fear people reportedly felt in the 1990s about allowing lesbians in those spaces.

Martina dismisses the comparison by pointing to statistics, stating that lesbians, who are biological females, do not commit sexual assaults.

She argues that the majority of sexual assaults are committed by biological men.

Riley Gaines Compares Presence of Transgender Individual to Car Accident

During a podcast hosted by Bill Maher, a guest named Gaines attempted to avoid answering a question.

When Maher persisted and asked her again, she responded by saying that she was trying to avoid the question.

She then went on to make a comment about being in the presence of a six-foot-four male, comparing it to witnessing a bad car accident.

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