Outrage erupted in the Irish sporting community after a women’s “LGBT” football team featuring a trans player defeated their finals opponent by eight goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A so-called LGBT women’s football team that defeated its opponent by a devastating eight goals to win the competition’s championship has sparked outrage. At least one trans player was on the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Irish Independent, the pro-LGBT Gaelic football team Na Gaeil Aeracha easily defeated Na Fianna’s females E team in the Dublin Junior J Shield football final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the first break in play, the match official reportedly stopped play to inform the Na Gaeil Aeracha captain that there was “a problem with your number 21 [player]” and that “the player is a man.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, the captain informed the referee that Valentino was transgender, but the referee responded, “this is the Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite his protests, the game appears to have continued with Valentino’s on-and-off presence, with Na Gaeil Aeracha romping to victory with an eight-goal lead \u2014 an improvement on the team’s four-goal victory in the semi-final match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association, the official body in charge of regulating the playing of women’s Gaelic football matches, has since announced that it is working on a policy regarding the presence of transgender athletes in matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valentino has a history of being a “outspoken proponent for transgender people being allowed to play sports in the gender they choose,” according to the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former rugby player, who switched to GAA after an injury, is also said to have wanted to play in a women’s sport “for sisterhood, validation, and political visibility; as a trans woman, those things are very important to me.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Outrage erupted in the Irish sporting community after a women’s “LGBT” football team featuring a trans player defeated their finals opponent by eight goals. A so-called LGBT women’s football team … <\/p>\n