Over the past several months and years, transgender women in women’s sports have become one of the hottest topics in politics across the world, and a recent incident in Australia has certainly added a lot of fuel to that debate.
According to a report from The Daily Mail Australia, five transgender women were recently allowed to compete in the pre-season Beryl Ackroyd Cup tournament, which is a women’s soccer tournament in Sydney, Australia. Those five athletes helped their team win the tournament in dominant fashion and claim a cash prize.
“Flying Bats FC won every game they played over the course of the four-week competition, winning the grand final 4-0 at Macquarie Park on Sunday to take home the $1000 jackpot,” The Daily Mail Australia wrote this week.
“There were huge winning margins in some games, with one trans player scoring six goals in a 10-0 victory.”
Obviously, the decision to allow the five transgender women to compete in the tournament and their subsequent dominance led to a lot of reactions on social media.
5 cheating men on the women's winning team…
Do you see the picture yet? https://t.co/PXZzhha5i2
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 26, 2024
There are 5, that’s right 5, males who identify as women in this team. How long until there are no females at all in women’s teams?
That is 5 women who were excluded from their sport and replaced by males. https://t.co/xhrhtqPcdV
— For Women Scotland Sport (@FWSSport) March 26, 2024
5 trans women and it's meant to be female teamm https://t.co/8G7tkRVRHY
— DamnedNation (@ToBeDamnedOrNot) March 26, 2024
5 blokes on the team, including the top goal scorer and goalkeeper. Other teams were told that complaints would be reported as hate. This is not sport.
It is abuse. https://t.co/2q2NZz3ncA
— Sam Morgan (@CrunchAlias) March 26, 2024
Remember being told, "Why do you care? It's 1% of the population. Just leave them alone."? This is what happens when you tell people reality doesn't matter, it's how you feel that matters. https://t.co/HhfUntfWhc
— Graham Carter (@GrahamCart52267) March 26, 2024
The Flying Bats used to be a lesbian soccer club. https://t.co/bVf2jJD3pm
— Kit Kowalski (@KowalskiKit) March 26, 2024
Flying Bats FC is proud of its inclusivity, boasting on its website that it is “the biggest LGBTQIA+ women’s and non-binary football club in the world.”
