Australian soccer club with several transgender players dominates women's tournament, sparking outrage

An Australian soccer club with apparently five transgender players won a women's preseason tournament, sparking outrage in the country and online.

An Australian soccer team caused controversy on social media earlier week as its club with five transgender soccer players dominated a women’s preseason tournament. Flying Bats FC won the Beryl Ackroyd Cup final over the Macquarie Dragons 4-0 and were given a $1,000 prize, according to news.au.com. The club went undefeated over the course of the four-week tournament and had a 10-0 victory in one match. The club proudly supports the LGBTQIA+ community as seen in its social media bio.

Sydney's premier LGBTQIA+ football club for women & non-binary people. Est 1985. Fun, friendly, inclusive,' its X profile reads. But not everyone was celebrating the victory, with some speaking out to Australia’s The Daily Telegraph. 'Our girls are here to play for fun and expect to play in the female competition. They did not sign up for a mixed competition,' one senior club official told The Daily Telegraph.

Flying Bats FC president Jen Peden pushed back on criticism. 'Trans women belong in the women’s competition because that is the gender with which they identify,' Peden said, via news.au.com.

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