Clara Tuck Meng Soo, a transgender woman and LGBTIQ advocate, said awarding Mrs Court a Companion of the Order of Australia was a promotion of “discrimination and prejudice”.
Clara Tuck Meng Soo has handed back her Order of Australia Medal amid the Margaret Court controversy.“I therefore have both professional experience as well as lived experience of the communities that Mrs Margaret Court makes these derogatory and hurtful remarks about,” she wrote. Ivan Hinton-Teoh, spokesman for national LGBTIQ lobby group Just Equal, said Dr Soo had taken the right stand.“Margaret Court’s primary contribution to Australian society since being awarded an AO for her historic tennis achievements has been to marginalise and malign LGBTIQ Australians. Either the council was not aware of the damage and division she has actively contributed to, or they are and they are supporting it.
Margaret Court is set to be promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia, prompting backlash due to her views on LGBTIQ communities. Picture: Sam Tabone/Getty ImagesDr Soo’s stunning move comes days after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews slammed the decision to honour Mrs Court, saying he didn’t want to give her “disgraceful, bigoted views any oxygen”.
Good on dr soo. No value in the award after this. Kerry obrien also handed his back in protest. Well done Kerry.
does anyone really care, this isn't a headline !
So? Who cares about soooooo
Yet if Margaret was a Muslim woman with those widely held Islamic views, no one would dare utter a word.
Fair enough
Doctor probably a spy anyway....
Her loss
She WAS a great tennis player but that’s where it ends. What has she done lately? Been the spreader of not a very popular view that does NOT reflect what an award like this should. Extremely disappointing.
I don't agree Margaret earned her OAM for Tennis as my husband was awarded for the Arts.
Idiot
Pretty sure there are other people other there who are more deserving of an OAM.
Court likely has a minority view... should be mainstream soon...
How on earth does a transgender person receive the award in the first place Hand it back please !
Giving Margaret Court and her awful views more oxygen! 🤦♂️
Well its Un-Australian to attack peoples religious beliefs, so they should hand it back
You say that like it's a bad thing?
She actually says she loves people for who they are and not what they do.. I how I can relate to that. Like my father being a heroine addict. I still love him but hate what did has done. Pretty logical
Who cares if she he hands it back that's it's choice. We are living in a world where if our opinions doesn't go with the everyone else's we are ridiculed. Hand it back WGAF.
Well done Completely agree with your decision x
Is that a sulk moment, or simply a disrespect for her own award ?
WR let this Doctor hand back her gong. Surely even in this age of inappropriate hate & vitriol, why can’t this Doctor see things from Courts’ perspective, her Boomer(or pre-)eras perspective and cease publicly seeking a platform to see his/herself as a national victim
If she wants to give it back thats totally her call , its obviously a slow news day ..
Why's everyone against old fashion good values and morals. It's a crime to believe and respect look like we don't live in a free society 🤔😔
what a sad country we become, when one of our greatest australian sports person gets ridicule , over a point of view,
For god's sake leave the poor woman alone. She is entitled to her views and to express them if she is asked to. The OAM is for her tennis. I don't agree with her views but there are many other people in society I don't agree with either. That doesn't mean they should be silenced
There will be more medals returned after Aussies hear Rupert Murdoch has been named in the Aust Day Foundation UK awards.
Good who
The game was crap back then anyhow. Its not honouring much. They werent professionals back then like they are today.
Good !!!
Lets hope no one developing a COVID vaccine has similar views. We'd have to remove them from such a position
Margaret Court is un deserving and a mockery of medal system is made, i consider the medal now worthless.
That’s her decision
Sorry Dr Soo.....you're not the only one that's allowed to have an opinion....get over yourself!!!!
Canberra doctor is a dickhead. The end
Ms Court was given her recognition over the fact that her achievements oncourt are unparalleled by any body else ,male or female As to her thoughts off the field? Well up 'til 20 years ago - for the last 6,000 years , homo's were always seen as somewhat Queer. True? Hence bible
Margaret Court doesn’t give a damn about that. She thinks her award is well earned and she’s going to bloody well keep it
Good. Anyone that thinks their speech is more important than another can give back anything to do with Australia! Stand strong Margaret, don’t let the bullies win!!!
Good for her, well done Margeret Court well deserved.
Everyone get over this shit,she has a right to say whatever she wants.
This is all so loaded, look closer at what is happening here. I DARE you Sex is not the same as Gender Margaret Court may well be homophobic Trans rhetoric is also inherently homophobic Curious how we go after women all the same..... Interesting times indeed.
SeandBlogonaut Predictably I see Court’s ‘right to free speech’ arguments here. Promoting bigoted views is her right to free speech - of course. The question is should she be rewarded for that on our behalf? The answer is a bit fat NO from me.
A Canberra quack ...
How many times do we have to honour this woman, she's already had the courts named after her, has already received a Australian gong. This is a political move, like Tony Abbott's gong to Prince Phillip, we should honour the real 'heroes', not these people.
Aw!
Then the Dr obviously didn't deserve it in the first place.
Wow. No one cares
Margaret Court did some amazing things for tennis and has already been honoured on the Australia Day Awards. Begs the question why did she not originally get this award. It seems she’s being recognised twice. Today’s sports role models would be crucified if they spoke this way.
Let this and all the judgemental people, who do not respect opposing views, please remove themselves as soon as possible. To live as one, we need to respect all views, and to be considerate of others.
should read - 'Former australian citizen who ditched his australian citizenship to become an american citizen in order NOT to pay australia any tax on his income'...a tax avoider one would think, so there are rewards for being corrupt!
Good on you. These awards are rubbish if bigots get them too.
What a crap neck
She deserves nothing !!!!!!
Great... A doctor with a cause... simpleton
so what? That's a personal decision - do we all need to know?
Let us not favour twisted people who mutilate their bodies. Toss the metal in the rubbish as far as I care.
You can make a positive contribution to society & not hold views & beliefs that don't please everyone. throwing away her award because someone elses views upset her is just childish. It's a passive aggressive way of shoving your views down other peoples throats & just as bad
Attention seeking nonsense.
That Canberra doctor, what a loser.
Whether you are for or against Margaret Court getting a medal, and regardless if you keep or hand back one thats been given, what the actual fuck do the medal/s do for you besides collect dust on a bookshelf or in a drawer?
Good. Like anyone cares
I strongly disagree with court’s views. But not quite as strongly as I disagree with the offenderati’s holier than thou (irony alert) demands for the silencing of “wrong” opinions.
Good who is the moron?
She only got it because she is a transgender woman and LGBTIQ advocate, Margaret Court is a true Aussie Hero in Tennis and deserves respect pus the right to have her own opinion
That might be a bit hasty , the old Maggot hasn't even been given the medal yet !
One of the great things about Australia, (& there are many in my opinion), is that the doctor is free to exercise her choices to hand back the OA Medal 🏅
Gosh the cancel culture has nothing better to do I see
Freedom of speech to one person is hate speech to another. Freedom of speech does not give right to denigrating of others. This is where she crossed the line, she preached her beliefs castigating others.
judithajames11 I'm not one to comment on people's appearances but Margaret Court is an exception. A face like a dropped pie comes to mind.
Relentless attack by the woke media to discredit the GOAT sports woman!
Margaret Court is way more deserving anyway so who gives a shit.
Do what you have to do it doesn’t affect Courts achievements for what she is receiving the award for.
Integrity 👏👏👏
Insidious intimidation.
PR stunt by the doctor.
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