Two players quit the Dutch women's darts team, saying they refuse to team up with trans woman Noa-Lynn van Leuven, who the sport's governing body is backing.
Darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf have announced their departure from the Dutch women's darts team because they refuse to team up with trans woman Noa-Lynn van Leuven."The moment you're embarrassed to be a part of the Dutch Team, because a biological man is playing in the women's team, it's time to go," she wrote."I think that with sports there has to be an equal and level playing field which is to be used and accepted in good faith.
"This was their decision and not mine. The only sad thing about this issue is that a lot of people forget that I am also just a human," she said.Van Leuven prevailed at the Professional Darts Corporation Women's Series on Saturday, about a week after beating male competitors in a mixed event.earlier this year about transgender players in darts, PDC chief executive Matt Porter said there was a trans- and gender diversity policy in place "...
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