{"id":1977525,"date":"2023-07-19T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-activist-claims-to-be-more-female-than-martina-navratilova-the-tennis-great-returns-serve\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:38:43","slug":"trans-activist-claims-to-be-more-female-than-martina-navratilova-the-tennis-great-returns-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-activist-claims-to-be-more-female-than-martina-navratilova-the-tennis-great-returns-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans activist challenges Martina Navratilova&#8217;s femininity, but the tennis legend fires back."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftrans-activist-claims-to-be-more-female-than-martina-navratilova-the-tennis-great-returns-serve%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=1977525&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--><p>Trans-identifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">activist<\/a> \u2063India \u200cWilloughby \u200dclaimed to \u2062be \u201cmore female\u201d than women\u2019s tennis \u2064star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-says-allowing-emily-zanotti\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martina \u200dNavratilova<\/a>\u2062 \u2014\u200c and\u2063 the tennis\u200c great \u2062was only too happy \u200bto \u200breturn\u200c that\u200b serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The spat apparently \u2062began\u200c when \u200bNavratilova \u2063defended\u200d the use \u2064of the term\u200c \u201ctrans-identifying male\u201d\u200c to describe a\u200d person \u200cwho\u200b self-identified \u200das\u200b a \u200dtransgender woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrans identifying \u200dmales\u2062 is\u200c not a transphobic buzz phrase \u2026\u2064 but \u2063rather a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">biological fact<\/a>,\u201d \u2062she tweeted.\u2063 \u201cAlso it \u2064makes\u2063 it\u2063 much\u200c easier\u200c to understand \u200cwho\u200d is who \u200cand\u2063 how they\u200c started. Where\u2063 they\u200c end \u2064up can change, \u2062but biology \u200ddoesn\u2019t change.\u200d Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" \u200cdata-dnt=\"true\"><p>\u2064 <p\u2062 lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans \u2063identifying males\u200d is \u200dnot\u200d a transphobic buzz phrase\u200c as \u2062Sooz puts it, \u200bbut\u2064 rather \u200ba biological\u200b fact. \u2064Also\u200c it makes \u2063it much easier to \u2062understand who is\u2063 who and\u200d how \u2063they started. Where\u200b they \u200dend\u2064 up can change,\u200b but \u2063 \u200dbiology \u2063doesn\u2019t change.\u2063 Ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f5uyAHIhrN\">https:\/\/t.co\/f5uyAHIhrN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dMartina\u200c Navratilova (@Martina) <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1680855754620715009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u200d17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Willoughby took offense to that, claiming \u2064that the legal\u200d system \u200dconcurred with her\u200b with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-governor-vetoes-bill-limiting-transgender-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Transgender Surgeries for Minors\">transitioning genders<\/a>, and accusing \u2062Navratilova of \u2062intentionally \u2063using \u201ctransphobic\u201d language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span\u200c class=\"css-901oao \u2062css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Calling \u2064someone \u2063a\u2063 \u2018trans identified\u2062 male\u2019 rather\u200c than simply \u2064a\u200d woman \u2064is \u200dabout as transphobic as it \u2063gets,\u201d Willoughby\u200b tweeted.\u2064 \u201c<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao \u2064css-16my406 r-poiln3 \u2062r-bcqeeo\u200d r-qvutc0\">She knows\u200c what she\u2019s\u200d doing\u2064 and so\u200b do\u200c you. Navratilova is\u2063 also wrong. Someone who \u200btransitions is\u2062 factually and\u200d legally a \u2062biological\u200c female.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" \u2064data-width=\"500\"\u200c data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p \u200clang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biology absolutely \u200dchanges. My body \u200bchemistry \u2063is\u2063 more \u2063female\u2064 than\u200d Martina\u2019s.\u200b My\u2064 anatomy is \u200dfemale. The fact\u200b Martina\u200c and\u200b other\u200c bigots\u2062 refuse \u2064to acknowledge \u2063me or \u200bany \u2063woman\u2064 who\u2064 happens to be\u200b trans \u200cis \u2063deeply \u200doffensive. \u200cIf \u200dit sticks\u2063 in her craw so much, \u200cshe shouldn\u2019t be commentating.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 India Willoughby (@IndiaWilloughby) <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaWilloughby\/status\/1680880392461508608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u200d17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiology \u200cabsolutely changes. \u2064My \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exposed-nationwide-program-teaching-grade-schoolers-to-question-gender-identity-prying-apart-families\/\" title=\"EXPOSED! Nationwide program teaching grade-schoolers to question gender identity, prying apart families\">body chemistry<\/a>\u2063 is\u200b more female\u2064 than Martina\u2019s. My anatomy is female.\u2063 The fact\u200c Martina \u2064and other\u200d bigots refuse\u2063 to \u2063acknowledge\u200d me or any woman\u2063 who happens\u200c to be trans\u200c is deeply \u200boffensive. If it sticks\u200d in\u200c her craw \u2063so\u200c much, she shouldn\u2019t \u200cbe commentating,\u201d Willoughby continued.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-activist-claims-to-be-more-female-than-martina-navratilova-the-tennis-great-returns-serve\/\" title=\"Trans activist challenges Martina Navratilova's femininity, but the tennis legend fires back.\">tennis\u2063 legend\u200c fired\u2064 back<\/a> at Willoughby\u2019s \u2063claim,\u200b however,\u200c saying simply, \u200b\u201cIndia never\u200c was, \u200dand\u2062 never will\u200b be,\u2063 female.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" \u2062dir=\"ltr\">India never was,\u200d  and never will be,\u2064 female. \u2064<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Igy3mXzLwF\">https:\/\/t.co\/Igy3mXzLwF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Martina\u200c Navratilova \u2062(@Martina) <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1680910932929839105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The \u200bactivist,\u2064 who \u2062has also \u200d<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowworld.com\/news\/people\/jk-rowling-india-willoughby-rally-3997628\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked author \u200dJ.K.\u2064 Rowling<\/a> for defending\u2064 biological women\u2063 in the\u2064 past, went on to claim \u200bthat BBC \u200bSport \u200dhead \u200dPhilip Bernie was \u2064\u201ccondoning\u201d \u2063bigotry\u2064 by \u2062allowing \u200dNavratilova to comment on the network.<\/p>\n<p><b\u200c data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao\u2063 css-16my406 r-poiln3\u2064 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The \u2064NHS \u2013 actual \u2064doctors \u2013 recognise me. \u2062They\u2019re not confused. So\u2064 why can\u2019t \u200bMartina Navratilova?\u200d It\u2019s bigotry \u200band prejudice. By\u200d using \u2063Martina \u2063(and \u2062Sharron \u2063Davies) you are \u200dcondoning\u2063 it\u2063 and\u200b disregarding\u200b the trans \u2062and \u2063LGBT+ \u200bcommunity <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@PhilipBernie1<\/span>. Be more\u200c Harry Kane,\u201d Willoughby \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Willoughby, a trans activist, asserted superiority over Martina Navratilova, a women&#8217;s tennis star. Navratilova had defended the term &#8220;trans-identifying male&#8221; for self-identified transgender women. 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