Katter’s Australian Party introduced a motion in parliament, which gained the support of the LNP and One Nation, that says transgender women shouldn’t be allowed to play in women’s leagues to “protect women’s rights”.
Key points:
- Sports Minister Stirling Hinchliffe called the motion “extreme right-wing trope”
- Debate only lasted 30 minutes and the motion didn’t get enough support to pass
- No-one from the LNP spoke on the motion, but the party supported it
Katter’s Australian Party’s motion read:
That this House supports women’s rights by agreeing that:
1. allowing biological men to play in female sport will erode the integrity of female sport;
2. anyone who supports biological men playing in female sport, irrespective of age group, level or code, is complicit in eroding the integrity of female sport and therefore women’s rights;
3. based on their insurmountable physical advantages, biological males participating in female sport pose an unfair competitive advantage against, and/or safety risk against female athletes
Source: Motion on transgender woman playing sport splits Queensland Parliament – ABC News
So to even question males playing in women’s teams is to be accused of ‘extreme right wing trope’…
The ABC does like to stir the Trans pot. They are rabidly in awe of it…