Brett Favre discusses the bill prohibiting trans athletes from participating in women's sports: "Biological difference"

Brett Favre, a member of the NFL Hall of Fame, publicly declared his opposition to a proposed bill that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports.

On Friday, Favre shared a Planet Chronicle interview with Sage Steele and Riley Gaines, praising Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., for introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which aims to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's sports nationwide.

Favre commended the officials for addressing the issue and acknowledged the biological differences between men and women in his video caption.

Tuberville's proposal maintains that Title IX should only recognize gender based on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth, and not adjust it to apply to gender identity. It would prohibit federal funding from athletic programs that permit biological men to compete in women's and girls' sports.

Biological men and boys who identify as transgender and wish to participate in events and leagues intended for women and girls.

The measure is co-sponsored by 23 Republican senators.

Favre has previously spoken out against transgender athletes in women's sports, including New Zealand's transgender weightlifter, Laurel Hubbard, who qualified for the Olympics in 2021.

Hubbard competed in men's events before coming out as transgender in 2013.

In an episode of his podcast, Favre stated that it's unfair for a man to compete as a woman. He argued that it's not fair for a man to compete against females, even if the person feels compelled to do so. Favre emphasized that if someone wants to become the opposite sex, that's their prerogative, but they cannot compete against males.

"If I were a true female and competing in weightlifting, and lost to this person, I would be beside myself."

In the podcast episode, Favre criticized Chelsea Wolfe, an alternate to Team USA's BMX freestyle event, for her social media post about burning an American flag.

Favre said Wolfe shouldn't be allowed to compete.

Favre stated that he wouldn't allow her to participate in his Olympics, urging her to go compete for someone else. This comment was seen as a disrespectful slap in the face of our country, and it's hard to believe that such a person would be allowed to represent us.

"She should be banned."

Esera Tuaolo, a gay former NFL player, has previously worked with Favre, who appeared on his podcast in 2020 to discuss head trauma from playing football.

During the 2015 ESPY Awards, Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, and Favre was accused of showing anti-transgender behavior by some. Favre's slow clap during the show drew backlash from pro-LGBTQ individuals on social media.

Recent polls indicate that most Americans are against transgender participation in women's sports, a contentious issue during the last election cycle, with Donald Trump and other Republicans advocating for it.

A Gallup poll from last year revealed that nearly 70% of Americans believe biological men shouldn't compete in women's sports.

In June, a survey by NORC at the University of Chicago asked respondents whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in sports leagues that match their preferred gender identity rather than their biological sex.

Sixty-five percent of respondents said that adult transgender female athletes should never or rarely be allowed to compete in women's sports. When asked about adult transgender female athletes competing in women's sports, 69% of respondents opposed it.

The CWA legislative action committee's national exit poll revealed that 70% of moderate voters consider the issue of "Donald Trump's opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls and women's sports and using girls and women's bathrooms" significant.

While 6% considered it the most crucial issue, 44% deemed it "very important."

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