{"id":1594204,"date":"2022-08-08T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594204"},"modified":"2022-08-08T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:49:34","slug":"irish-womens-lgbt-football-team-with-male-player-beats-finals-opponent-by-8-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irish-womens-lgbt-football-team-with-male-player-beats-finals-opponent-by-8-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Women\u2019s &#8220;LGBT&#8221; Football Team With Male Player Beats Finals Opponent By 8 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firish-womens-lgbt-football-team-with-male-player-beats-finals-opponent-by-8-goals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Outrage has hit the Irish sporting world after a women\u2019s \u201cLGBT\u201d football team with a trans player beat their finals opponent by eight goals.<\/p>\n<p>A so-called LGBT women\u2019s football team, which included at least one trans player, has sparked outrage after it won the finals of a competition by beating its opponent by a devasting eight-goal margin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The event has now sparked significant controversy within the Irish sporting world at a time when many sporting bodies have implemented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/06\/20\/international-rugby-league-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\">bans<\/a> on transgender players who are born as men from taking part in women\u2019s competitions.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/sport\/gaelic-games\/ladies-football\/lgfa-developing-policy-on-transgender-players-after-ladies-shield-final-incident-41894821.html\">report<\/a> by\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Irish Independent<\/em>, pro-LGBT Gaelic football team\u00a0Na Gaeil Aeracha swept their opponents\u00a0Na Fianna\u2019s ladies E team in the\u00a0Dublin Junior J Shield football final.<\/p>\n<p>Na Fianna\u2019s coach is reported to have approached the referee before the game to query the presence of the transgender player, whom the publication names as Italian national\u00a0Giulia Valentino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The match official reportedly also stopped the match after the first break in play to tell the\u00a0Na Gaeil Aeracha captain that\u00a0there was \u201ca problem with your number 21 [player]\u201d and that \u201cthe player is a man\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The captain is reported to have told the referee that Valentino was a transwoman, but the referee replied that \u201cthis is the Ladies\u2019 Gaelic Football Association\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his own protests, however, the game appears to have continued with Valentino\u2019s on-and-off presence, with\u00a0Na Gaeil Aeracha reportedly romping to victory with an eight-goal lead \u2014 an improvement over the team\u2019s four-goal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearedublin.com\/ladies-football\/2022-dublin-lgfa-junior-club-championship-results\/\">victory<\/a> in their semi-final match.<\/p>\n<p>The Ladies\u2019 Gaelic Football Association \u2014 the official body that regulates the playing of women\u2019s Gaelic football matches \u2014 has since announced that it is developing a policy around the presence of transgender athletes in matches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">British Rugby Seeks to Ban Trans Athletes from Competing Against Women<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMiAi1HIpX\">https:\/\/t.co\/uMiAi1HIpX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1550586486956982272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>Irish Independent\u00a0<\/em>report, Valentino has had a history of being an \u201coutspoken proponent for transgender people being allowed to play sports in the gender they choose\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-rugby player, who switched to GAA after picking up an injury, is also reportedly said to have been keen on playing in a women\u2019s sport \u201cbecause of sisterhood, validation and political visibility; as a trans woman those things are very important to me\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, while Valentino may be keen on playing both with and against women, many sporting bodies have since proven to be far less fond of the idea, with some banning transgender individuals from playing in women\u2019s games.<\/p>\n<p>For example, international bodies for both Rugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/06\/20\/international-rugby-league-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\">League<\/a> and Rugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.world.rugby\/the-game\/player-welfare\/guidelines\/transgender\">Union<\/a> games have banned transwomen from playing women\u2019s rugby, with both bodies citing concerns for player welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender women may not currently play women\u2019s rugby,\u201d a post on World Rugby\u2019s website says. \u201cWhy? Because of the size, force- and power-producing advantages conferred by testosterone during puberty and adolescence, and the resultant player welfare risks this creates.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The post also notes that some have argued that testosterone suppression could be used to enable trans players to compete by removing their advantages, but the body has outright rejected this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch contradicts this, consistently showing that total mass, muscle mass and\/or strength are reduced by at most 5 per cent to 10 per cent when testosterone is suppressed to levels in the female range, for a period of 12 months,\u201d the body writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the additional factor of training, either before or during the period of testosterone suppression, it is expected that baseline\/pre levels for these variables will be higher, and that training will attenuate the decline in these variables with testosterone reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequence is that given the size of the biological differences prior to testosterone suppression, this comparatively small effect of testosterone reduction allows substantial and meaningful differences to remain,\u201d the website goes on to state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC Apologises for Interviewing \u2018Trans\u2019 Fighter Who \u2018Loved\u2019 Hurting Women <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziWR7KdeLr\">https:\/\/t.co\/ziWR7KdeLr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1549004808971059201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outrage has hit the Irish sporting world after a women\u2019s \u201cLGBT\u201d football team with a trans player beat their finals opponent by eight goals. 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