By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Martina Navratilova Says WTA is wrong to allow transgender women to play tennis for women.
Famer Navratilova’s hall says allowing transgender women to compete against biological women not only creates an unjust field of play, but gets working opportunities away from biological women because “now a male has taken her place”.
In a new broad interview with FerriettttttreetFormer world no. 1 Repeated her attitude with a long statement that WTA is wrong in allowing trans women to compete in tournaments.
“There should be no ostracism. There should be no harassment,” Navratilova told the BBC. “But male bodies have to play in male sports. They can still compete. There is no prohibition on transmission in sports.
“They just have to compete in the right category which is the male category. That’s so simple.”
The 18-year-old champion of bachelors Grand Slam suggested that women are being treated as second-class citizens in their sport. Navratilova said it is disappointing and wrong that “we always seem to put trans front of women’s rights.”
“Including male troops in the women’s tour, now someone is not getting into the tour – a woman is not going into the tour because now a male has taken her place,” Navratilova BBC told.
For years, Navratilova has been one of the most open critics of WTA policy for trans women playing tennis, writing a controversial editorial about Times on the subject.
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Here is the WTA rule for transgender women competing in women’s tournament by WTA:
“Conditions of adaptability for biological men with a female or non -binary gender identity in cases that fall within clause 2.1.2, to be acceptable to compete in WTA tournaments, a biological male with a female or non -gender binary must demonstrate for the pleasure of the WTA manager that they meet each of the following (together). Signed, in a quick formulation, in what they complete, what to complete, what for it, what it fulfills, what to complete, what it can complete, what it can complete, what it fulfills, what it fulfills, to be known to it, what it fulfills, to be known to it, what to supplement, what to supplement, what to supplement, what it fulfills, what it fulfills. Identity is female or not binary, and they must maintain a female or not binary gender identity as long as they want to maintain acceptability to compete in WTA tours.
“Before competing in their first WTA tournament, the concentration of testosterone in their blood must have been below 2.5 nmol/l constantly for the previous twenty -fourth (24) months. The concentration of testosterone in their blood must remain below 2.5 nmol/l at any time after that (are they in competition or out of competition) for as long as they want to be. WTAKT. ”
At a press conference Wimbledon last July, a journalist asked: “Martina, have you faced any reaction to your comments about women’s tennis and transgender players?”
Navratil I replied, “Where have you been?
“Reaction? Where have you been? I was lived by many groups in the LGBT community,” Navratilova replied. “But you know. I’ve spoken my mind for a long time. I won’t change it.
“Yes, it has been very harsh. But I know I’m on the right side of history. I am right in the opinion of most people about sex -based women’s spaces, and especially sports. They have to stay women.”
The owner of the 59 Grand Slam titles in all disciplines, Navratilova has been called “transfobical” by some critics, who say this is a matter of human rights.
The leftist defender has publicly fought the figures ranging from the football star Megan Rapinoe to Harry Potter’s star Daniel Ratcliffe at Usta on the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports.
In an interview with my magazine Last year, Rapinoe suggested that Navratilova was not just the arming of women’s sports, it meant critical comments from Navratilova, comedian Dave chappelle and the former -ylli espn Sage stele were leading to violence against trans people.
“Particularlyly especially disappointing when women’s sports are armed,” Rapinoe told my magazine. “Oh, now we take care of justice? Now we take care of women’s sports? This is the total b*llsh*t. And tell me all the trans people who are unfairly exploiting them to be trans. Simply not happening …
“Dave Chappelle making jokes for people Trans directly leads to violence, whether verbal or otherwise, against trans. When Martina or Sage or anyone who is talking about it, people are not only listening to it in the context of elite sports. They are saying:” The rest of my life, this is how I will treat trans. “
Speaking at Wimbledon last July, Navratilova admits she has become a political issue, but claims she sees it as a matter of women’s rights.
“But politics has been crazy about it. Become is very political when it should not be when it comes to women’s rights,” Navratilova said. “We seem to put trans -rights trans -women’s rights, especially for men who are identified as women.
“Women are required to be polite and comprehensive, but including men identified transgender in women’s sports, you are excluding women.
Navratilova said the response to her attitude “has been harsh in the LGBT community”, but says she has also received a positive reaction.
“However, it’s a long story. I won’t get into many details. Yes, it has been very harsh in the LGBT community,” Navratilova said. “But at the same time, I went to a Drag Queen show in Miami a few months ago. I was wondering what it would be like.
“Everyone just couldn’t have been more pleasant, including the queens of attraction, including everyone else there. I felt very loving from the community as a whole, but you would not think that when you hear from some of those spokesmen in these groups. I am good where I am and will continue to fight the war.”
In an interview with Kara swiser BY New York Magazine IntelligentNavratilova was asked why her position changed to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports. Navratilova supported the transgender tennis player Dr renee richards Playing the WTA tour in its era. The duo are good friends and Richards later trained Navratilova.
Navratilova claims that she believes that trans women will eventually dominate women’s sports and says her attitude is about creating a play field for women rather than excluding and discriminating against trans athletes.
“This is not against trans athletes. This is against male bodies competing as women if they identify as women,” Navratilova told Kara Swiser. “Many sports do not even have any softens, any permission to lower testosterone levels, and Cetara.
“But what has been proven, even when you get those testosterone blockers or hormone therapy, even after 15 years, male bodies still bear physical advantage over women sneakers.
“So we are not against trans athletes. We are for women sneakers to compete at the level of a playing field as possible. Which means that men who are now identified as women must compete in a male category. And women identified as men but do not receive testosterone can compete as women. Doing with which to deal with which concerns dealing with which concerns all that relate to all that relate to all that relates to all that are about all that relates to all that concern.“