Five transgender women participated in a women’s soccer tournament in Australia where they helped lead their team to victory in every game to win the championship. But not everyone is happy about it.
Flying Bats FC featured five transgender women and dominated the pre-season Beryl Ackroyd Cup tournament in Sydney, Australia recently. The team won every game in the four-week tournament – most of which had extremely lopsided scores, including the 4-0 win in the championship game – and one of the transgender women scored six goals in one of the matches.
As a result of the victory, the club claimed a $1,000 cash prize.
And other clubs are not exactly happy that their teams were made to compete against transgender women with no warning.
“Our girls are here to play for fun and expect to play in the female competition. They did not sign up for a mixed competition,” a senior club official told the Daily Telegraph.
“There’s no transparency from Football NSW, the girls don’t know if they are going to be playing biological males or not. Some of the parents were so concerned they would not let their daughters play … It was so disheartening for them to see the huge difference in ability – they’re killing it.”
Flying Bats FC calls itself “the biggest LGBTQIA+ women’s and non-binary football club in the world.”
