Martina Navratilova fires back at journalist who accused her of being a part of 'anti-trans crusade'

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova fired back at a reporter who labeled her "transphobic" on Friday as she campaigned with the Independent Women’s Forum as part of its "Take Back Title IX" initiative.

Ben Rothenberg, a tennis journalist who is now a podcast host and wrote a Naomi Osaka biography, offered his take on Navratilova’s involvement with the women’s organization after the group’s bus was vandalized in North Carolina.

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Martina Navratilova plays pickleball during a promotional match at the French Open at Roland Garros on June 7, 2024, in Paris. (Fred Mullane/ISI Photos/Getty Images)

"Martina Navratilova turning this anti-trans crusade into her life's obsession in recent years remains dispiriting!" Rothenberg wrote. "And she turns it into way more transphobic vitriol than just discussing sports fairness, as I've covered before, just being nasty and cruel and dehumanizing. Boo."

Navratilova responded later Friday night.

"Yet another man telling women what they should care about," Navratilova wrote. "And who are you exactly? Oh yeah, the reporter who tells tennis players its off the record and then prints what they said anyway. Good to know you care about women’s sports and women’s sex based spaces. I care."

Rothenberg responded to Navratilova.

"I’ve never done that. But I care also, about someone who was a beacon of freedom and inclusion in the sport I’ve covered sadly choosing to erode the platform she built with cyberbullying campaigns aimed at obscure,