{"id":1993815,"date":"2023-08-07T22:44:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T22:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:45:28","slug":"how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis legend slams trans activist criticizing Riley Gaines: &#8216;Unbelievably irresponsible!&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhow-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines%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=1993815&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--><h2>Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Slams Transgender\u2064 Activist and Stands Up for Female Athletes<\/h2>\n<p>Tennis legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-says-allowing-emily-zanotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martina Navratilova<\/a> recently took a stand against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snls-michael-che-again-slammed-as-transphobic\/\" title=\"SNL\u2019s Michael Che Again Slammed As \u2018Transphobic\u2019\">transgender activist<\/a> who attacked former swimming champion\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/womens-swimsuits-arent-accessorized-with-a-bulge-riley-gaines-slams-adidas-swimwear-line-modeled-by-male\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a>. Gaines\u2062 had shared her discomfort about changing in the locker \u2062room with trans-identifying male swimmer\u2062 Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines\/\" title=\"Tennis legend slams trans activist criticizing Riley Gaines: 'Unbelievably irresponsible!'\">tennis star responded<\/a> on Twitter, defending \u2062Gaines and highlighting the issue of young girls being exposed to male genitalia in women&#8217;s\u200d locker rooms. Navratilova&#8217;s powerful tweet read, &#8220;Well, good for \u200dyou. \u200cTell that to the 10-year-old girl in the locker room too \u2014 just don&#8217;t look there and hopefully that person won&#8217;t look at you either&#8230; how effing\u200d irresponsible is this?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well good for you. Tell that to the 10 year \u2063old girl in\u200b the locker room too- just don\u2019t look there and \u2062hopefully that person won\u2019t look at you either\u2026 how effing irresponsible is this?!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1688498731849568256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Navratilova continued to express her concern about the situation, emphasizing the importance of \u200bsex-based women&#8217;s spaces and rejecting the notion that \u200bit is a form of fascism. She also debunked\u200d the comparison between fears of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-data-emerges-of-1100-adolescent-gender-affirming-mastectomies\/\" title=\"New Data Emerges Of 1,100+ Adolescent \u2018Gender Affirming\u2019 Mastectomies\">trans-identifying males<\/a> in women&#8217;s locker rooms and the acceptance of lesbians in the 1990s, pointing out\u2062 the statistical differences in\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-ilhan-omar-complains-about-media-bias-in-speech-to-organization-repeatedly-accused-of-terrorist-ties\/\" title=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar Complains About Media Bias In Speech To Organization Repeatedly Accused Of Terrorist Ties\">sexual assault rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines, during a podcast with Bill Maher, candidly described her discomfort with sharing a space with a male swimmer, stating, &#8220;We can&#8217;t unsee it. I mean, being in \u200cthat space with\u200c a\u2064 male, \u2063it&#8217;s like a bad car wreck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova&#8217;s bold\u2064 stance in support of female athletes \u2062and the \u2064protection of women&#8217;s spaces has sparked an important conversation about the rights and safety of women in \u2062sports.<\/p>\n<h3>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/riley-gaines-shares-messages-shes-gotten-from-female-athletes-competing-against-trans-identifying-males\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley\u2062 Gaines Shares Messages She&#8217;s Gotten From Female\u200b Athletes Competing Against Trans-Identifying Males<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis icon Martina Navratilova shut down a transgender activist who criticized ex-swimmer Riley Gaines for expressing discomfort while changing alongside trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas. The 66-year-old legend swiftly responded on Twitter, defending Gaines against a mocker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1993816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}