Fury as Michigan University's women's water polo club team allows trans ... trends now

Outrage has spewed online after it was announced that a transgender athlete is set to compete with the University of Michigan's women's water polo club team in the national championship.

Alicia Paans, 31, is a trans graduate student and member of the Wolverines club water polo team - and she played for the team last year when they won the championship over the University of California-Santa Barbara.

The tournament will be held at Texas A&M from May 3 to May 5 and the women's Michigan team, who is the number one seed, has their first match scheduled against Texas State University at 9am on Friday.  

Paans, who also placed second in the 2022 women's Michigan Chess Association open, has sparked fury on social media over her participation. 

'All women should boycott. On all teams. You can't have women's sports without women,' said one X user.

'Hope the girls walk out,' said Greg Sewell.

'Men's and Women's sports need to be defined by the Chromosomes/DNA and not by one's preferred gender identity/expression,' said another X user.

Others criticized Paans involvement in college sports over her age. 

'It is a club team, but that doesn’t matter. How sad a 31 yr old plays on a club team with traditional college aged kids. Weird,' said an X user named Mel.

Darrell Rude said, '31 and still in college?'

'Why are 31 year-olds in college,' said Fenchurch Goldfish. 

Paans was recorded to have scored goals in a 17 to 5 defeat against the University of Virginia and in a 17 to 6 defeat against the University of Washington during the 2023 championships.

According to her LinkedIn profile, Paans has experience volunteering for a crisis hotline that 'specialized in topics relating to female health

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