Hall of fame Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre this week slammed the Olympics for allowing transgender athletes to compete, following the news that New Zealand weightlifter Laural Hubbard recently became the first trans woman to qualify for the games.
“It’s a man competing as a woman,” the Trump-supporting Mr Favre said, misgendering Ms Hubbard and incorrectly claiming that trans people remain the gender out of which they transition. “That’s unfair. It’s not fair for a man, even if this person wants to be a woman or feels compelled – if you want to become the opposite sex, that’s fine.