The weekend opened a loud controversy in Catalan women’s football after Terrassa FC’s defeat against Europa B in the Preferential category. The match ended with a visitor victory (1-3) and a lot of noise on social networks due to the presence of two soccer players in the process of transition from women to men.
The masculine appearance of Alex and Nil It caught the attention of many fans and provoked countless comments, most of them, as is usual on the X social network, negative. Of all of them, the one who stood out Vox councilor in Terrassa Alicia Tomáswho took advantage of his presence on the field of play to attack the “perverse gender ideology.”
«Our girls from @TerrassaFC have lost against Europa because among their rivals there were two guys with beards who now consider themselves women. Decades of struggle to have our place in sport so that now the perverse gender ideology wants to erase our presence. “We are governed by sick people,” he wrote on the social network X, former Twitter.
A message to which the designated club did not hesitate to respond. Using the same channel, Terrassa responded that “in the face of the violence exerted on two of the players of the women’s subsidiary, from Club Esportiu Europa we say no to transphobic and LGTIphobic violence and any type of violence.”
«Our club throughout its centenary history has stood out for the values of sportsmanship, fair play and compliance with current sports regulations. She also works and fights for the right of all people to live lives free of all types of violence. Lives that deserve to be lived,” he added.
And he concluded his official statement by highlighting that “fighting hate crimes and transphobic violence is a collective duty that challenges the entire society as a whole. Therefore, we reiterate and say very loudly that we remain firm. “Against aggression and fascism, we say ‘not one step back’.”
What the club points out in the second paragraph of its note is important, because when referring to “compliance with current sports regulations”, it emphasizes that the situation of his two footballers is legal.
Transition from women to men
The case of Álex and Nil is not that of “two guys with beards who now perceive themselves as women” as Alicia Tomás mistakenly pointed out or many fans without knowledge of their case interpreted to criticize their participation in the match. Both are in the process of transitioning from women to men.but until this is complete they cannot still play in men’s category teams. Yes in the women’s race, something that their rivals in the competition accept.
As their case has been going on for several years, on some occasions they have taken the floor to explain themselves and have clarified that they are playing in the category that corresponds to them and that if one day, before their transition is complete, they feel that their physical level is far superior to that of their rivals on the field of play, they will abandon the women’s competition.
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