Margaret Court becomes gay “poster girl”
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TENNIS player Margaret Court, who stirred controversy with increasingly outrageous comments about the LGBTI community this week, has been used in a poster for a Melbourne gay event.
A queer events group organising a nightclub 鈥渃loset party鈥� has used Court鈥檚 face on its promotional posters, has reported.
Court is in good company, with the event promoter having previously used prominent figures including Tony Abbott, Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump on its posters.
The veteran tennis player and reverend made headlines a week ago when she announced a of Qantas for its support of gay marriage.
She drew further ire for a series of bizarre on a Christian radio program, in which she compared the LGBTI community to Hitler, claimed people are gay because of childhood abuse and said trans people are affected by the devil.
Members of the tennis community have distanced themselves from Court, with all current Australian players stating their disagreement with her views.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 agree with what Margaret said at all,鈥� said men鈥檚 player Thanasi Kokkinakis.
鈥淏ut everyone is entitled to their opinion.鈥�
