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Women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova got into a brief spat on social media with a low-profile user on X after he called Navratilova out for supporting Democrats while vocally opposing allowing biological male transgender people access to women’s spaces.
Navratilova was responding to a news report about a spa being forced to allow a man access to women’s changing rooms as a result of a discrimination lawsuit.
“To say this is wrong is an understatement,” Navratilova wrote in response.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova during the trophy presentations she presented with Chris Evert after the women’s singles final on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the 2024 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on June 8, 2024 in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Comedian Lou Perez responded to the tennis storm, pointing out that Navratilova is a staunch supporter of Democrats and a critic of President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
“You voted for this,” Perez wrote.
Navratilova responded, writing: “I voted against totalitarianism – nice try.”
Perez then responded with a screenshot of Navratilova’s own X bio, which reads, “Voting blue despite Dem’s stance on women’s sex-based space.”
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Former tennis player Martina Navratilova reacts prior to the men’s singles final between Holger Rune of Denmark and Daniil Medvedev on day fourteen of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia 2023 at the Foro Italico on May 21, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Navratilova admitted: “I agree with the Democrats on almost every single issue but one – while I strongly disagree with Trump and his sycophants on every single issue but one. Ok?!?”
Perez then invited the tennis legend to his upcoming comedy show, to which Navratilova has not responded at the time of publication.
Navratilova has been a polarizing figure on social media for her conflicted support for liberals and opposition to Trump, regularly criticizing Democrats for allowing biological males in women’s sports.
Last December, she said she was “mad” that Republicans have tackled the nationwide controversy involving trans athletes in women’s sports instead of Democrats.
“And I’m so mad that the Republicans seized on this issue – shame on all the elected Democrats who are silent on this!!! #whataboutthewomen,” she wrote on X.
The tennis legend appeared at the Independent Women’s Forum’s “Take Back Title IX” rally in June to address the issue.
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Martina Navratilova during a joint press conference with Chris Evert of the United States, on Day 5 of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun 2023 leg of the Hologic WTA Tour, on November 2, 2023, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“In the beginning, being the Democrats and the women that we mostly are, we in this group tried to find every possible way to include trans-identified men, men who identify as women, in women’s sports,” she said. “And the more we try to find a way to mitigate advantage, to handicap, to include, the more we found that it’s not possible. It’s not possible to do it in a fair way, and here we are in a very different position.
“As I got deeper into the issue, I also saw the connection between women’s gendered spaces and women’s sports—they are totally connected, and I’m sure the swimmers at Penn could tell you all about that. You’ve heard of Lia Thomas, right?
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“Now it’s, ‘Oh, you’re a homophobe.’ Go figure. I’ve been out since ’81, yes, I’m homophobic,” she said, rolling her eyes. “‘You’re a bigot, you’re a transphobe, you’re a Nazi, you’re a fascist, you’re a communist,’ anything and everything in between. And this is coming from the left. I’m left wing! My people turn against me. They turn against us women who speak up for women’s sex-based rights.”
