It’s already bad enough that the progressive crowd is trying to cram biological men into women’s sports. But now, it seems they are becoming more aggressive in having men compete against women in combat sports.
Concerns over safety and injuries have fueled much of the backlash against including transgender women in competitions with actual women.
In this case, an attempt to push a female boxer into a match against a biological male failed when the female refused to participate.
A female boxer withdrew from a provincial championship in Quebec after learning that her opponent was biologically male, leading to him winning the competition by default. Dr. Katia Bissonnette of Saguenay says she was matched against transgender fighter Mya Walmsley with no notice.
The 2023 Provincial Golden Glove Championship took place on October 27 and 29 in Victoriaville, Quebec, hosted by the Quebec Boxing Federation in collaboration with the KO-96 boxing club. But the tournament, which intended to give novices the opportunity to qualify for the Canadian Championship in December, attracted controversy after Bisonnette announced her withdrawal.
Speaking to Reduxx, Bissonnette, who works as a psychologist in Jonquière, explains that she learned Walmsley was male one hour before she was set to step in the ring.
“I came down from my hotel room to head towards the room where all the boxers were warming up. My coach suddenly took me aside and told me he received information by text message, which he had then validated, that my opponent was not a woman by birth. We did not have any other additional information,” she says.
The event was overshadowed by the controversy that came from Bissonnette’s decision to withdraw from the event, which gave the win to Walmsley by default.
The transgender fighter was originally from Australia and was studying philosophy. He had no prior history of facing off against women in Canadian tournaments. In fact, his transition into women’s sports appears to be recent, according to the report. Not surprisingly, Walmsley has also been involved in political activism at the university level as well.
After Bissonnette withdrew, Walmsley's response was rather egregious:
Following Bissonnette’s withdrawal, Walmsley issued a statement to the press accusing her of “outing” him and warning that similar actions would have a negative impact on female athletes.
“Rather than turning to me, my coach or the Quebec Olympic Boxing Federation for more information, she decided to turn directly to the media to out me,” wrote Walmsley. “This kind of behavior puts athletes at risk of being excluded or receiving personal attacks based on hearsay … I am afraid that this type of accusation could eventually be used to delegitimize athletes in the women’s category, and justify arbitrary and invasive regulations.”
Bissonette told Reduxx that “from Boxing Canada to the Quebec Boxing Federation,” the rule “was not to reveal that the opponent was transsexual” to ensure that they “would not be discriminated against.”
She emphasized that this “policy only applies when a sex change has taken place before puberty.”
So, if Bissonette had not found out that Walmsley was really a man, she would have faced off against him in a boxing match, which could have resulted in serious injuries. The fact that any sporting association would place women in harm’s way like this shows that their priority has nothing to do with promoting female athletes; it is to advance a far-leftist transgender agenda.
This is not an isolated incident. I wrote recently about other sports, particularly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, having the same issue. The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) recently changed its transgender policy after fierce backlash from female athletes and the press. But even theirs was not as deceptive as what Bissonette experienced. Their rule mandated that female athletes were made aware if they were about to face a man and were given the opportunity to withdraw. The problem arose when it was revealed that the organization was not adhering to this policy.
The left continues to push this dangerous agenda in women’s sports. But what if more athletes like Bissonette simply refused to compete with biological males when they try to insert themselves into their sports? What if all, or most, just said “no” when faced with male competitors? If this happened often enough, it would essentially remove their motivation for even trying to infiltrate women’s sports in the first place. After all, what’s the point of joining a sport if nobody will play with you?
Of course, boycotts like this would still have to be accompanied by people being vocal in their opposition while also mounting legal challenges as well. If we are going to defeat this agenda, it’s going to take a full-court press.
