Fighting with transgender bullies has left me on the brink of financial ruin, reveals Olympian Sharron Davies

Jul 25, 2022 by Jill

by Max Aitchison, Mail on Sunday:

British Olympian Sharron Davies today reveals how her campaign to stop transgender athletes competing in women’s sports led to her being shunned by charities and facing the threat of financial ruin.

In an interview with You magazine, the 59-year-old swimmer says she suffered a huge drop in income after anxious employers dropped her because of her stance on the ‘toxic’ transgender debate.

‘There’s been so much hate and bullying,’ she says. ‘It’s been very hard. Charities I’ve worked with for 30 years have dropped me, agents I’ve worked with for 30 or 40 years don’t use me any more, because the trans activists can be so vicious and malicious – they go after your work, after your brand, they attack everything.’

She describes how she was only able to stay afloat financially because of an inheritance from her mother, who died five years ago.

‘The money’s nearly gone now. But I can’t back down,’ she says. ‘If you have the courage of your convictions you have to back those up with evidence and science and then you just have to hold your ground.’

She tells of her pride and relief at the decision last month by the world swimming body (FINA) to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races.

The debate was prompted in part by the recent success of the American transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas.

Davies hits out at the ‘very small minority of very vocal trans activists who have made my life hell’ and stresses her position is not anti-trans but rather about fairness for biological women.

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