Scott Morrison hits out at Cricket Australia’s new trans inclusivity policy
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Scott Morrison has labelled new guidelines by Cricket Australia for including transgender cricketers in the sport “heavy-handed,” suggesting it should be up to individual cricket clubs to decide whether they welcomed trans players.
“I think it’s pretty heavy-handed, to put it pretty mildly,” the Prime Minister told 2GB Radio earlier today.
“There are far more practical ways to handle these issues than these heavy mandatory ways of doing it, and I’m sure these issues have [been] quite carefully and practically managed at a club level already.”
“Why there’s a necessity to get the sledgehammer out on this is mystifying me, but I think we need to get the issue in perspective and ensure we manage it calmly.”
Under the new guidelines, transgender women who want to compete in the female-elite category of cricketing must demonstrate a concentration of testosterone in serum less than 10 nanomoles a litre continuously for 12 months or more.
This matches the International Cricket Council’s current gender recognition policy in this area and Cricket Australia’s own policy will be revisited and evaluated every 12 months going forward.
ACON’s Pride in Sport initiative has responded to inflammatory coverage of the policy in the media today.
“While we respect the fact people are free to hold personal opinions on all matters, we would encourage leaders in Australia to act in a manner which is inclusive of all Australians, and to refrain from using language that adds to a culture of division within Australian society – that in turn makes the lives of vulnerable people harder,” Pride in Sport said in a statement.
“Trans and gender diverse people shoulder a real and pressing burden of mental health issues. These experiences are directly related to stigma, discrimination and transphobia, and not the result of trans and gender diverse people being who they are.”
“We urge all leaders and commentators to ensure that a truly a safe and cohesive society in Australia includes our most vulnerable populations. It is only when those on the margins are meaningfully included that we can hope to build the health, wellbeing, safety and inclusion of all Australians. Unity, not division, must be our ultimate goal.”
“Cricket Australia, as a member of Pride in Sport, has continued to rightly demonstrate their passion for inclusion and diversity, ensuring that everyone involved in the sport – both on and off the pitch – feels welcome and included.”
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Scratch the surface of any Extremist religious fanatic – whether they profess to being Christian, Jewish or Muslim and, in particular the most fanatical extremists of all: Christian Pentecostals like Scott Morrison and Israel Folau and you will find an extreme bigot who believes they have the right to tell the rest of us how we should act. If we are not Christian Pentecostal, are not Heterosexual (but it is 100% Acceptable to be a Heterosexual Paedophile, the only people Folau did not condemn to his Hell in his Hate Spray were Paedophiles, we can draw our own conclusions as to why not) and we do not believe in Slavery, that Women are the property firstly of their Fathers, then their husbands and if either are dead then the unmarried woman becomes the property of her eldest brother, if married then she is required to marry her late husband’s brother so they approve of bigamy as well! – The above is all in the Bible which these bigots believe to be the “True Word of God” God they tell us created the first and only people on Earth: Adam and Eve. They screwed and had Cain and Abel. Then this God of Morrison & Folau et al. ordered the four of them to “Go out and multiply”. To do so they had to commit Incest so according to the Pentecostals and other garbage Incest is also acceptable!
What a fucking asshole!