Martina Navratilova is one of the world’s greatest ever tennis players. She won a record-breaking 59 Grand Slam titles, including 18 singles titles, 31 doubles titles, and 10 mixed doubles titles. She was also one of the first openly lesbian professional athletes to come out publicly in the U.S. and has been an advocate for lesbian and gay rights.
When it comes to the trans debate, Navratilova has always been clear, calling it ‘cheating’ to allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports due to the unfair physical advantages.
She has admitted that the online backlash from transgender activists has been “pretty rough” and claimed she had been “jettisoned” by many LGBT groups for her opinions on Trans women in sports. Despite Navratilova’s opinions, she has previously stated she is “all for trans rights on a civil level”, and her view is based purely on maintaining sporting integrity.
In this special episode of The Daily T, Martina Navratilova joins Camilla and Kamal to discuss last week’s landmark Supreme Court verdict and what it means for the sport in this country and around the world.
And as Pope Francis’s funeral is set to take place this weekend, we speak to the former editor of The Tablet, Catherine Pepinster, about who is likely to take his place as the Vatican begins the secret process of choosing the new Pope.
Read:
Less net zero, more redemption: Why the Catholic Church is already turning against Francis’s agenda, by Catherine Pepinster - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/22/catholic-church-turning-against-pope-francis-agenda/
Who will succeed Pope Francis? by Catherine Pepinster - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/21/who-will-succeed-pope-francis/
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