Jamie Hunter came out as transgender in 2019 and became the first transgender snooker player to win a women's tour ranking event last month when she defeated Rebecca Kenna 4-1 to win the US Women's Open.
Since her victory, Hunter has been subjected to horrific online abuse and there have been calls for transgender players to be banned from women's snooker, with former world number one Maria Catalano saying: "As a man Jamie never really did anything. And if this is allowed and becomes more common, there is no future for women's snooker.
"I don't want to see the end of women's sport, it has been too hushed up, and only now Jamie has won an event has it gone big. I would totally change the rules, and bring ours into line with some of those other sports that have banned transgender athletes from competing in women's sport. "
