The program “Depata Dunya” that was broadcasted on Polsat News Channel on Monday, August 12, is sure to go down in history. The topic of the conversation was gender issues in sport, which referred to recent events at the Olympic Games.Many people accused Julia Zeremeta’s fight for gold was unfair.
The reason was said to be doubts about the gender of Lin Yu-ting, who was the Pole’s opponent in the final fight. However, it was not the Polish boxer’s fight that divided the experts in the studio. The cause of the sharp disagreement between lesbian activist Maja Heban and publicist Kaya Zulczewska was the participation of transgender people in sports competitions..
I don’t wonder how someone might feel. I understand that someone might feel like they are of a different gender. (…) I think that these people should be accepted and efforts should be made to make it fair, but not at the expense of women’s rights – Szolczewska emphasized during the program, emphasizing the great importance of testosterone in sports results.
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Polsat studio row over transgender in sports
As it turned out, these words by Szulczewska were the beginning of a conflict in the studio. Maja Heban, Unlike her opponent, she decided to quote her negative input about herself.Then read the prepared statement.
From that moment on, the violent atmosphere between the ladies was felt all the time, Which led to Hiban suddenly leaving the studio during the program.She then posted a post on her social media thanking her and apologizing for having to leave the studio.
“Thank you for the invitation, and I’m sorry that I had to leave, because I like to talk to you in normal conditions, without constantly explaining to you that the person next to me is manipulative and wants to prevent the transition, but in the studio he smiles. Unfortunately, deliberate polarization does not lead to reliability,” she wrote on the X website.
The entry was commented on by the show’s presenter, Agnieszka Gozdira, who criticised the exit, saying it was a missed opportunity to present her own position.
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