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Women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova had a brief social media dispute with a low-profile user on
Navratilova was responding to a news report about a spa that was forced to allow a man access to the women’s locker room as a result of a discrimination lawsuit.
“To say this is wrong is an understatement,” Navratilova wrote in response.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova during the trophy presentations, which she presented alongside Chris Evert after the women’s singles final on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the 2024 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on June 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Comedian Lou Perez responded to the tennis great, noting that Navratilova is a strong supporter of Democrats and a critic of President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
“You voted for this,” Pérez wrote.
Navratilova responded by writing: “I voted against totalitarianism: nice try.”
Perez then responded with a screenshot of Navratilova’s own bio on
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Former tennis player Martina Navratilova reacts before the men’s singles final match between Holger Rune of Denmark and Daniil Medvedev on day fourteen of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia 2023 at Foro Italico on May 21, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Navratilova confessed: “I agree with the Democrats on almost every issue except one, while I totally disagree with Trump and his sycophants on all issues except one. Okay?!?”
Perez then invited the tennis legend to her upcoming comedy show, to which Navratilova did not respond at the time of publication.
Navratilova has been a polarizing figure on social media for her conflicted support for liberals and opposition to Trump, while regularly criticizing Democrats for allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports.
Last December, she said she was “angry” that Republicans had addressed the national controversy over trans athletes in women’s sports, rather than Democrats.
“And I’m so angry that Republicans captured this issue. Shame on all the elected Democrats who are silent on this!!! #whataboutthewomen,” she wrote on X.
The tennis legend appeared at the Independent Women’s Forum’s “Take Back Title IX” rally in June to address the issue.
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Martina Navratilova during a joint press conference with Chris Evert of the USA, on Day 5 of the GNP Seguros Cancun 2023 WTA Finals, part of the Hologic WTA Tour, on November 2, 2023, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“In the beginning, as Democrats and women for the most part, we in this group were trying to find every possible way to include trans-identified men, men who identify as women, in women’s sports,” she said. “And the more we try to find a way to mitigate the advantage, to harm, to include in some way, the more we realize that it is not possible. It is not possible to do it in a fair way and here we are in a very different position.
“As I delved deeper into the topic, I also saw the connection between gender-based women’s spaces and women’s sports—they’re totally interconnected, and I’m sure Penn swimmers could tell you all about that. You’ve heard of Lia Thomas, right?”
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“Now it’s, ‘Oh, you’re homophobic.'” Imagine. I’ve been out since ’81, yeah, I’m homophobic,” she said, rolling her eyes. “‘You’re a bigot, you’re a transphobe, you’re a Nazi, you’re a fascist, you’re a communist,’ everything and everything else. And this comes from the left. I am the left! My people are turning against me. “They are turning against us women who defend women’s rights based on sex.”
