Transgender female darts player wins women's event, sparks fury

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Transgender darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven won titles against men and women in the same week and immediately came under fire for being allowed to compete against female opponents.

Van Leuven won a women’s event in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) on Saturday, topping Beau Graves and Katie Sheldon. The win came more than a week after van Leuven won a mixed competition over John Henderson, Cam Crabtree and Tytus Kanik.

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A general view of a dart board featuring the PDC logo during the final on day three of the Ladbrokes Masters 2021 tournament at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes. (Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images)

Van Leuven told The Guardian last year that the transition began at the age of 16, and as van Leuven started to move into women’s competitive darts, the backlash began.

"I was getting more and more unhappy with myself, to a point that I didn’t want to live any more," van Leuven told the outlet. "And that was the moment where I thought: I can go two sides now. I can end it, or I can live as who I want to live."

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PDC chief executive Matt Porter told The Guardian last year that van Leuven complies with the organization’s transgender participation policy. The PDC follows the Darts Regulation Authority’s policy, which is governed by the International Olympic Committee.

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General view of a PDC sign during day two of the William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London on Thursday Dec. 16, 2021. (Kieran Cleeves/PA Images via Getty Images)

The IOC’s darts policy