Zali Steggall, Federal Not-a-Party Teal MP for Warringah, said βthis is just not an issueβ about men in womenβs sports in the 2022 election
She accused parents of being transphobes if they were concerned about men and boys competing in their daughtersβ sports
Then she doubled-down to defend her position
She thinks itβs fair to let men and boys compete at elite levels of womenβs sports
This year, the IOC protected womenβs sports for biological females, many international sporting codes have done the same
She even had the hubris to call for my disendorsement as a political candidate because I believed in womenβs sex based rights and was willing to fight for them
Here we are, four years later, fighting to protect womenβs sex based rights in law in the wake of the Giggle v Tickle decision, while hypocritical, privileged out-of-touch politicians choose ideology and virtue signalling over reality, fairness, safety and dignity for women
Would Steggall have won her Bronze if she had to downhill ski against a man?
Is she Australiaβs Megan Rapinoe - pulling up the ladder behind her, so young female athletes cannot enjoy the same sporting achievements?
What else is Steggall wrong about?