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GP hands back her OAM over Australia Day honour for Margaret Court

The award has triggered complaints from LGBTQ groups but the tennis star says she has nothing against people.
Australian Associated Press
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25 January 2021
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A GP has returned her Order of Australia Medal to protest the decision to honour controversial former tennis star Margaret Court on Australia Day.

News leaked on Friday that Ms Court was being appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for services to tennis, including 24 Grand Slam wins in the 1960s and 1970s.

The award has prompted complaints from LGBTQ groups and politicians due to her previous comments labelling transgender people “the work of the devil”.

Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo, one of the first GPs in Australia to undergo gender transition, has now renounced her own honour.

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