A biologically male dancer has won a medal which otherwise would have gone to a female competitor at the World Irish Dancing Championships which was held in Glasgow, Scotland.
Alyssa Saltzman, who is biologically male, beat female dancer Ava Rose Folan by coming in at number 20 in a competition where the top 20 competitors receive a medal.
Ava Rose placed 21st meaning she did not receive a medal.
The result has led to significant criticism online with many saying that the parents of the girls competing should not have accepted a male dancer in their ranks.
“This is what happens when people are afraid to speak up. It’s not going to stop until people say stop!” said one X user.
“The parents of all the girls competing are to blame. No use crying after the fact when they should have stood up for their daughters. Refuse to compete or shut up and accept it.” said another.
Another X user described the result as “Shameful” saying that another female is “missing out on her due recognition,”.
“More parents need to come together especially of team sports like football, hockey, cricket, lacrosse & say no, we want safe sport for our daughters.” said another.
“All the best women, are men” said another.
Slatzmen competed in the male category of the 2013 Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne which was held in Montreal.
In a statement issued to Teen Vogue, An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha ACRG (The Irish Dancing Commission) said it’s policy was to provide “a safe and inclusive environment for every dancer in our community,”
A statement made by P.J. McCafferty (ACRG) Regional Director of the Irish Dance Teachers’ Association – Southern Region (US & Mexico) said that “Entering and competing in the CLRG World Championship competition that corresponds to the gender identity of the dancer is an established CLRG precedent, it has been done before. A dancer must qualify for the specific World Championship competition in which they will dance. CLRG controls Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne and the process of qualifying to compete for the CLRG World Championship.”
Gript contacted An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha to enquire about their policy of allowing biological males to compete in female-only categories and received the following response:
“CLRG is committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for every dancer in our community. Dancers enter competitions that align with their gender identity, dancing and competing as the gender they identify as in their daily life.”
“A motion seeking to enforce dancers to compete in the competition that corresponds to their biological sex was recently defeated by a CLRG Membership vote.”
“A formal CLRG Inclusivity, Equality and Diversity policy is currently under review and will be presented to Members and voted on in May.”
“The goal is to provide a clear and robust IED policy that will help guide Members and Teachers in maintaining a welcoming dance community for all, where Irish dance can be celebrated.”
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Spoiled little boy, his parents are to blame for cultivating and indulging him in this.
Stay out of female categories, son, you’re male and don’t belong in them.
Thanks for reporting factually on this.
We need more straight talking on this abuse of women’s and girls’ rights and dignity.
Men compete against men, women against women.
Hold a separate “open” category where anyone can compete.
This shite needs to be squared away so we can solve real problems that affect the majority, ie government ability, corruption and accountability.
its bit like doing the tour the France on a motor bike that you call a bicycle
In a statement issued to Teen Vogue, An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha ACRG (The Irish Dancing Commission) said it’s policy was to provide “a safe and inclusive environment for every dancer in our community,”
Safe and inclusive my arse. Tell that to the young girls who would be forced to share a bathroom or locker room with this young MAN.
Exactly. Not so inclusive for young girls and women.
Everyone should pull out of those and setup their own. Boycott it. Disgusting Babylonian perverts.
In a way we should be delighted with this, I say sow it in, there seems to be only one way that the insouciant masses can be woken up from their stupor, a stupor that is destroying our societies,
It would be much better to laugh in the face of all the parents of the female competitors who tolerate the nonsense,
You get what you pay for or go along with.
You have a point. The only way to stop this nonsense is to confront it. A Boycott is the perfect way, in my opinion. If the parents of the real females took their children out the male would end up dancing alone. He could have all the medals to himself and the so called competition would fall flat on its arse. By attending they are actually agreeing. No point in complaining afterwards.
Disgraceful! The families of these girls need to boycott unfair competitions!
Happening everywhere. A girls football team smashed the competition and became champions. They had FIVE MEN on the team. 30 year old six foot blokes against 15 year old girls. How long before someone is crippled or killed for their perverted fetishes? It’s EVERYWHERE.
Fair play to her, she danced her Bollix off
Thanks for the chuckle
Typo – he competed in the boys worlds comp in 2023 not 2013! He also competed at Nationals 2024 in the boys comp yet later in the year in the girls regionals comp. And he won that one taking the top slot from the reigning girl champ.
Absolutely shocking
Wonder is he using the system to get medals
Where in the name of Jesus will this and other travesties – transvestites?- be overturned for what it is, evil, pure and simple
>otherwise would have gone to a female competitor
I don’t know about that — I wouldn’t assume that — most have probably heard of some trans creature winning a beauty pageant — do you think that was a natural result? — or was it more a deliberate political decision? — was this perhaps also such a political decision?
As an analogy, surely you have noticed the contrived ‘diversity’ in advertising — when I stream a UK or US sports broadcast, literally every ad has non-whites in it, usually Blacks, often in unbelievable roles e.g. doctors (I know there are black doctors, but they are the least likely people to be doctors) — you also see many interracial couples, typically a white woman and a black man — I’ve seen a SimpliSafe ad featuring a white woman and black man raving about the SimpliSafe security system installed in their home many times now (to add to the appearance of normality, they have a dog too) — does anyone seriously believe the advertising people called a talent agency and said ‘We need a woman and a man to play a married couple’, and the talent agency said ‘All we have available today is a white women and a black man’, to which the ad people replied ‘Great, send ’em over!’
It’s all deliberate, and you see it in every white country now.
Set up a go fund me for the top 20 girls.Insult the boy and his family.It sends out a great message just like the police officer in France who shot that scumbag Kid who tried to drive over the police officer.
MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM….this is a fact. Why are people going along with this utter insanity?
these people are mentally ill
The Scots have gone to hell!
I notice on a web site congratulating this person one person (unironically, I think) wrote “Maith An Fear”.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqnVvMiOdm0/?img_index=1
ah sure pity about her right?if she was Israeli you would be calling this anti semitic…you know I always loved when my Son beat the crap out of my Daughter,she is older so shame on her….