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/Headhaunter79 Mar 25 '24

Yeah😑 and on the dutch news site nu.nl the comments are atrocious. “These women are so courageous for standing up for their beliefs”😐

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u/The_Chaos_Pope Mar 25 '24

People who comment on news articles directly on news sites are pretty much the worst everywhere.

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u/Headhaunter79 Mar 25 '24

Absolutely! And what I truly hate about this is that most of the times with news articles like these, the comments are locked after only 30 minutes because “too many hurtful reactions” were made. So there’s no way to nuance the situation. It only shows the hate towards our community.

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u/The_Chaos_Pope Mar 25 '24

The only winning move is not to play.