Five transgender players reportedly dominated a recent women’s college volleyball match in Canada, sparking outrage online, including from tennis great Martina Navratilova.
The Canadian website Rebel News published images showing three trans athletes playing for the Seneca Sting and two for the Centennial Colts in a Jan. 24 game last month.
The trans athletes played throughout the game, while the biological women stayed warming the benches, according to the right-wing website that regularly attends sporting events with trans competitors.
The five also dominated the game, helping Seneca win the best-of-five series, beating Centennial by a score of three games to one, the site said.
Rebel News said he attended the game after a tip-off, angering officials and match staff, several of whom asked them to leave and stop filming.
The site’s David Menzies was filmed repeatedly asking people there, including Centennial coach Andrew Mallory, why they were using “male players.”
A video purportedly showing five trans players participating in a Canadian women’s volleyball match has sparked outrage. Rebel News/YouTube
“I’m not,” Mallory replied bluntly.
Rebel News claimed that their “volleyball expert told us the situation is so serious that it is no longer safe for biological women to compete,” stating that two athletes recently suffered concussions in incidents involving trans women, including one who played as man. last season.
Their informant said at least six trans women play in the women’s league, which is governed by the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association.
Three biological males played for the Seneca Sting and two for the Centennial Colts, according to Rebel News. Rebel News/YouTube
League policy states that a “trans female (MTF) student-athlete who is being treated with testosterone-suppressing medications for gender identity disorder or gender dysphoria” cannot compete on a women’s team until after “ complete one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment,” The Blaze reported.
Video of the Jan. 24 game sparked a backlash, further angering many who were already concerned about the future of women’s sports.
“How bad is this? Yes, this is wrong,” tennis legend. Martina Navratilova commented to a post X of the report and footage. “This has to stop!”
I was responding to a post by the British-Italian author and businessman. paola diana, who wrote: “This is not diversity. This is cheating. This is crazy. This is misogyny.”
The conservative media outlet said trans players were clearly dominant. Rebel News/YouTube Seneca won the best-of-five series, beating Centennial by a score of three games to one. Rebel News/YouTube
Men who identify as women take FIVE starting positions on two women’s college volleyball teams. Real women sit on the bench watching men with pigtails play the entire game. Five women lost scholarships. Players miss opportunities and suffer injuries.@RebelNewsOnline pic.twitter.com/6Hw1yFv0eq
—Scarlett Johnson (@scarlett4kids) February 2, 2024
“Men who identify as women hold FIVE starting positions on two women’s college volleyball teams,” self-described grassroots activist Scarlet Johnson wrote in X.
“Real women sit on the bench watching men with pigtails play the entire game. Five women lost scholarships. Players miss opportunities and suffer injuries,” she added.
The Post has reached out to Centennial and Seneca Polytechnic for comment. The OCAA could not immediately be reached.
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