Five transgender players reportedly dominated a recent women’s university volleyball match in Canada, sparking outrage online, including from tennis great Martina Navratilova.
canada website Video posted by Level News Three trans players were seen playing for the Seneca Sting and two trans players for the Centennial Colts during a game on January 24 last month.
The right-wing website, which regularly organizes sporting events involving trans players, said the trans players played the entire game, while biological women stayed warm on the bench.
The five were dominant in the match, with Seneca defeating Centennial by a score of 3-1 and helping it win the best-of-5 series, the site reported.
According to Rebel News, the company watched the match after being tipped off, but match officials and staff were furious, and some of them asked them to leave and stop filming.
The site’s David Menzies was filmed repeatedly asking people, including Centennial coach Andrew Mallory, why they were playing “male players.”
“Not really,” Mallory answered frankly.
Rebel News claims that “volleyball officials have told us that the situation is so dire that it is no longer safe for biological women to compete,” citing recent incidents involving trans women. Two female athletes, including one who played as a man, claimed to have suffered concussions. Last season.
The tipster said at least six trans women play in women’s leagues managed by the Ontario Collegiate Athletic Association.
The league’s policy states that “trans female (MTF) student-athletes who are being treated with testosterone-suppressing drugs for gender identity disorder or gender dysphoria” may play on the women’s team until they “complete one calendar year of testosterone-suppressing treatment.” He is said to be unable to compete. Blaze newspaper reported.
The video of the Jan. 24 game sparked a backlash, further angering many who were already concerned about the future of women’s sports.
“How wrong is this? Yes, this is wrong.” Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova’s comment Post reports and footage in X Posts. “This has to stop!”
She was responding to a post by a British-Italian author and entrepreneur. Paola Diana, he writes: This is cheating. This is madness. This is misogyny. ”
“Men who identify as women have earned five starting positions on two women’s college volleyball teams,” Scarlett Johnson, a self-proclaimed grassroots activist, wrote in X.
“Real women sit on the bench and watch men in pigtails play the entire game. Five women lose their scholarships. Female players lose opportunities and get injured. It will happen,” he added.
The newspaper reached out to Centennial and Seneca Polytechnic Institute for comment. OCAA could not immediately be reached.
