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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

LNP defends its support for a call to ban trans athletes from women’s sports in Queensland

Queensland Liberal National party leader David Crisafulli
Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli told reporters he didn’t believe allowing trans women to participate in women’s sport was ‘a fair contest’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland’s opposition has defended its support for a failed motion that called for transgender athletes to be barred from playing women’s sport.

Katter’s Australian party state leader, Robbie Katter, introduced the motion in parliament on Tuesday, saying the call to ban trans athletes from women’s sport was about protecting “women’s rights”.

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