Gay Community News (bot)<p>Wimbledon legend Billie Jean King calls for empathy and inclusion for trans athletes</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GayCommunityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayCommunityNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LGBTIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTIreland</span></a> <br><a href="https://gcn.ie/billie-jean-king-empathy-inclusion-trans-athletes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gcn.ie/billie-jean-king-empath</span><span class="invisible">y-inclusion-trans-athletes/</span></a><br>Tennis legend and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Billie Jean King has spoken out in defence of trans athletes. Speaking to The Telegraph ahead of this year’s Wimbledon, King described the increasingly hostile climate faced by trans athletes as “a nightmare” and called on sporting bodies to</p>