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The Brendan O'Neill Show

327: Fiona McAnena: The trans corruption of women’s sport

The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Fiona McAnena – director of campaigns at Sex Matters – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fiona and Brendan discuss why no sport is safe from gender ideology, how the denial of biology harms women and girls, and why Trump’s executive order on women’s sports isn’t working.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Julia Hartley Brewer and I've got some very exciting news for you. I'm going to be

0:05.2

joining the brilliant, the wonderful Brendan O'Neill for an extra special live recording of his

0:10.8

podcast and you can be there too. It's at 7pm on Tuesday, the 15th of April. We'll be live

0:18.0

on Zoom talking about the mess that Britain is in, what we can do about it,

0:22.2

and everything else in between. The event is exclusive for Spike Supporters. So if you're

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already a member, just grab your free ticket right now from the Supporters Hub. For all the

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info you need, including how to become a supporter, if you're not one already, just go to spite.com

0:39.9

forward slash events.

0:41.9

I can't wait to see you there.

1:00.2

It's implicit in the argument that says there will only be a few trans players or they're not winning or they haven't yet won.

1:03.5

Is there a point where there are so many that it matters?

1:06.3

And whether people recognize that explicitly or not, that's the implication when they say it's only a few.

1:13.6

What's the problem? Let them in. What does it cost you? It costs something, but that is

1:19.8

discounted because it's happening to women. Hello, welcome back to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill, and my special guest

1:30.8

this week, Fiona McEnanna.

1:32.3

Fiona, welcome to the show.

1:34.0

Hi, Brendan.

1:34.8

It's great to have you back on.

1:36.9

Listeners will remember we had you on last year, I think, where you talked about the excellent

1:42.3

work that you guys do at Sex Matters in terms of standing up for women's rights against the worst aspects of the trans ideology, and also the work that you've previously done with fair play for women, especially in relation to sport. So there's a lot to talk about on this issue. Still, it's ongoing. It sadly has not disappeared yet.

2:03.4

And I have to start off by asking you about this ultimate pool women's prose series final.

2:10.0

Because it is one example where one of these issues that you talk about a lot and you write about a lot has actually hit the headlines,

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