Political journalist Ava Santina and Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan have clashed in a heated discussion about transgender women competing in women’s sports.
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has now mounted a legal fight against World Aquatics to overturn its restrictions on the participation of trans athletes in elite women's competitions.
“I don’t think it’s fair that people who have experienced gender dysphoria when they’re growing up and don’t feel they’re in the right body should not be allowed to compete in sports,” Ms Santina told Mr Morgan.
“Lia Thomas, she’s a woman, and so she is competing as a woman.
“What do we say about trans women … do we just say they’re not allowed to play sport ever?”
