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Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it.

Top British darts player Deta Hedman made news in early May by refusing to play against a man who claims to be a woman.

Hedman was scheduled to face “transgender” opponent Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open in Esbjerg, according to Fox News.

Instead of playing against van Leuven, Hedman forfeited the game.

Amid claims that she missed the match because of an unspecified ailment, she made it clear that wasn’t the reason.

“No fake illness,” Hedman wrote in a May 4 social media post. “I said I wouldn’t play a man in a ladies event.”

A day later, she was offered a big deal for her decision.

Do you agree with Hedman’s decision to forfeit?

Women’s sports advocate and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines wrote in a May 5 post on X that she would give Hedman the prize money she missed by forfeiting her game against van Leuven.

“I must get into contact with Deta Hedman,” Gaines wrote. “I want to pay her the prize money she missed out on, just as @Seth Dillon and I did with billiards player Kim O’Brien for taking the same stand.

“Bravery deserves to be rewarded.”

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According to Darts News, the top prize for the women’s tournament was 12,000 Danish kroner, or about $1,800.

Hedman, however, turned it down.

She responded, “[T]hank you for your kind offer, but Denmark Darts paid me out in full for [the] event.”

Hedman also insisted quite directly that she does not think men should be competing against women.

“This subject causing much angst in the sport I love,” she wrote. “People can be whoever they want in life but I don’t think biological born men should compete in Women’s sport.”

In an X post on May 8, she explained that the world of darts is already inclusive enough, with the World Darts Federation providing men’s and women’s events and the Professional Darts Corporation offering open competition.

“I played in it a few years ago and you know [it’s] open, so no problem playing men in open,” Hedman said.

Van Leuven started “transitioning” in 2022 and entered women’s events that year, according to Sky Sports.

It doesn’t sit right with Hedman.

“For many months I’ve struggled with transgenders playing in the women’s world ranked events. I have thought this is wrong since day one,” she said in a statement in December.

Hedman made it clear she has no personal issues with van Leuven or fellow “trans” competitor Victoria Monaghan.

“I’m not close to Noa-Lynn in darts but in fairness seems a lovely person, at Lakeside I met Victoria Monaghan and must admit she is a right character we had banter and a fair few laughs, but my personal view is trans shouldn’t be playing in women’s ranked events,” she said in the statement.

Hedman said she has received a lot of support for her position.

In this day of cancel culture for those who dare speak out against transgenderism and left-wing ideology, she is certainly brave to take such a stand.

Thankfully, it appears Hedman is getting as much support as she deserves.


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Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a "target-rich environment" for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.
Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a "target-rich environment" for political news.




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