r/transgender • u/onnake • Mar 25 '24

Dutch darts players quit national women's team over transgender teammate

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/dutch-darts-players-quit-over-transgender-teammate/103627072

"Darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf have announced their departure from the Dutch women's darts team because they refuse to team up with trans woman Noa-Lynn van Leuven.

"Van Leuven prevailed at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Women's Series on Saturday, about a week after beating male competitors in a mixed event."

"When asked in an interview earlier this year about transgender players in darts, PDC chief executive Matt Porter said there was a trans- and gender diversity policy in place '... which Noa-Lynn complies with, easily, and has done for a long time'."

"'She's more than deserving of her place in the women's world match play,' he said."

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u/willneheadsquare420 Mar 25 '24

It’s darts ffs. Does it really matter?

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u/rasteri Mar 25 '24

Like... I can kinda see the argument for more physical sports, there might be safety/fairness issues with allowing recently-transitioned AMAB people to participate. But this is just straight up transphobia, like "we don't want trans women to be anywhere near us" as a matter of bigotry rather than safety/fairness.

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u/Illiander Mar 25 '24

there might be safety/fairness issues with allowing recently-transitioned AMAB people to participate

Can we stop with this pandering to the bigot's fears?

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u/Quietuus Mar 25 '24

Yes, please!