Alex Blackwell: 'I have felt profiled as a predator because I’m a lesbian' | Emma Kemp

Women who play sports such as football or cricket are often assumed to be gay, but filling a conversational void on a sensitive subject can change perceptionsAlex Blackwell tried to listen with an open mind when an administrator told her there was a problem of “predatory behaviour in women’s sport”.“Their concern is that poor behaviour in women’s sport is by the lesbians,” the former Australia cricket vice-captain tells Guardian Australia. “I have felt p