Former world champion swimmer Danni Miatke says she is "infuriated" by FINA's controversial ruling that effectively bans transwomen from elite competition.Miatke said transwomen were among "the world's most marginalised people" and should be supportedReaction to the ruling has been mixed, with former Olympian Nikki Dryden also speaking out against the ban
Miatke, who identifies as a member of the LGBTQI+ community, said she was also disappointed that Dolphins captain Cate Campbell had spoken publicly in support of the ban."I understand the difficult position that Cate is in, as a media personality, and as someone who was asked to give evidence to FINA," she said.
"This is not about the athletes competing now, this is about an entire community and generation of people who are going to feel the negative impact of this decision and these comments, for decades."
Danni Miatke says she is 'infuriated' by FINA's controversial ruling that effectively bans transwomen from elite competition. Danni, women’s sport is for women!
I can't wait for this debate to hit the game of Chess
Let Trans Men play Rugby League.
'But sportspeople are pillars of Australian communities in terms of setting the moral standard of what we will accept.'...no overinflated sense of self there at all. I certainly hope that's not true either, or we're in a lot more trouble than we realise!
Why doesn’t men compete against women ? Same principle. Move on
AliceNiaH So FINA has changed its policy to a blanket ban (Their own category is a red herring as too few trans athletes to make it work) and yet not one known Trans woman swimmer has ever reached a national final never mind represented their country. How boldly scientific is that ?
Still waiting for trans men demanding for the right to compete with the blokes ...
Easy to say for as she never competed and lost to one
easy for her to say. she has her records and gold meals
If we allow men in women's sports...every world record in virtually all events in every sport will be held by a trans woman. Give it too 2040 I would say..
They aren't banned...just compete in the opens...what's the issue.
What trans ban? Trans people are still permitted to compete.
Of course the radical extremist left wing will place front and centre the opinion of one person over the view of millions of others! 🙄 Defundtheabc
As a keen sports follower, I have never heard of a Danni Miatke? Did he/she win Gold in a Trans specific event?
There is no trans ban. Trans can still compete🙄
MSM: “we asked hundreds of athlete to put a quote of validation to a pro trans article we’d already written but could only find an irrelevant swimmer who we fed promises of media attention and virtue signalling in order to have their endorsement, here is that article”
Lol. Marginalised community. Rather we marginalise females? Over 50% of the population?
Why are the 'infuriated ones' all 'former' players Easy to be noble when they're not costing you a place on the team
East Germany would be fuming if it still existed
LOL “worlds most marginalised people”: what bullshit
This is a fight women must fight themselves.
It's not a community, it's individuals
The ABC is livid that men can't compete against females and is frantically trying to find the odd person who can speak for them. That way they can claim it's just someone else's option.
“We're talking about not just Australia's, but the world's most marginalised people.”… really? By what measure? How are trans people marginalised in the West? If anything they are championed, celebrated and nearly deified.I see no evidence of marginalisation in this country.
Wasn't FIMAs decision a good compromise?
Wonder if this person has same attitude towards swimmers who were caught with PEDs. 'Well, I don't care if she was taking PEDs, I just need to swim as fast as I can'. Comical
So now apparently winning one Commonwealth Games gold medal makes someone a 'world' champion.
Never heard of him/her
''We're talking about not just Australia's, but the world's most marginalised people'' LOL No, we are talking about the worlds most selfish narcissists. Spinning fairytales about being women, to get that elusive medal. Truth is brutal, hey.
Taking Miatke's version of inclusion to it's logical end point is scrapping all categories and just having everyone compete in an open competition. Of course we all know how that will end.
. Shut up and swim, dopey. .
According to her, if you are a female athlete struggling for success, you should accept bring beaten by a ‘new female with a penis’ due to the need for fairness. Apparently you are selfish as an athlete if you dont accept that. She only understands now she is retired.
Has Fina released a detailed list of how it's members countries voted? It's not hard to guess how it's diverse membership affected the result. 🤷🏻♂️
being a former something means they have no chance of being beaten, so of course it is fine and there is no negative outcome for her
lol go kiss Deve's ass
The fake trans people who’ve created this furore are too blame.
1. Trans aren't banned from anything, they can compete according to their sex. 2. transmen are invisible because if they compete against other women they don't pose a risk, and should they choose to compete as a man they are only putting themselves in danger.
Former? So it won’t affect her swimming career? How brave!🤓
Oh be quiet you lost already.
Would her opinion be the same if she had lost her gold medal to a man.
A bit too much chlorine in her brain I suspect
If she is truly all about inclusivity, then why not just have an open category where everyone competes together 🤷♂️, men, women and trans people, we know who would win all the medals 🤔🤷♂️
Good on her. Disheartening to see so many transphobic people here.
Well said👏
Got their own category to compete. What better way for them to show the world how good they are. Broken Records speak wonders ⏱⏱
Most people agree with the new FINA rule because people saw the previous situation as unfair to Women. The Women without the Penises - for the Woke people reading this
Elite sport is not the right place to fight for human rights. It's 'elite' after all. If competitive swimming didn't discriminate over who can participate and who can compete against who it wouldn't be a sport anymore, it would just be people swimming laps at the pool.
How many males did she race against to be world champion?
Come ABC. Drop the agenda. Get back to reality.
'Former', so not affecting their career! Gotcha!
Oh, You're upset? Poor diddums! Sleep it off and you'll feel better in the morning.
All they can do is talk about feelings without addressing the fact that even after HRT and getting testosterone levels down, these trans girls still have a competitive edge. Competitive fairness is different to the type of fairness Miatke is prattling on about.
Former champion trying to claim some clout....nice try...bye!!
“Miatke, who identifies as a member of the LGBTQI+ community” - that’s all we need to know. Her comments are based on ideology not on science and common sense !
Trans are not banned from competing.
Fairness in women's sport ain't rocket-science, just biology.
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