Australian soccer club with several transgender players dominates women's tournament, sparking outrage

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An Australian soccer team caused controversy on social media earlier week as its club with five transgender soccer players dominated a women’s preseason tournament.

Flying Bats FC won the Beryl Ackroyd Cup final over the Macquarie Dragons 4-0 and were given a $1,000 prize, according to news.au.com. The club went undefeated over the course of the four-week tournament and had a 10-0 victory in one match.

The club proudly supports the LGBTQIA+ community as seen in its social media bio.

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The Flying Bats Football Club form a guard of honor during the A-League Women round 19 match between Sydney FC and Western United at Leichhardt Oval on March 9, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Jason McCawley/Getty Images)

"Sydney's premier LGBTQIA+ football (soccer) club for women & non-binary people. Est 1985. Fun, friendly, inclusive," its X profile reads.

But not everyone was celebrating the victory, with some speaking out to Australia’s The Daily Telegraph.

"Our girls are here to play for fun and expect to play in the female competition. They did not sign up for a mixed competition," one senior club official told The Daily Telegraph. "Some of the parents were so concerned they would not let their daughters play.

"It was so disheartening for them to see the huge difference in ability – they’re killing it."

Binary Australia spokesperson Kirralie Smith said the North West Sydney League was putting players at risk. Binary Australia is an advocacy group that maintains the "biological fact that sex is binary" and there are only two genders – male and female.

The outrage continued online.

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