NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre made his stance clear on a bill being pushed through Congress that would keep transgender athletes out of women’s and girls’ sports.
Favre posted on outside of women’s sports. on a national scale.
“Good for the officials trying to fix this. There is a clear biological difference between men and women,” Favre said in the video’s caption.
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on September 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Tuberville measure would keep that Title IX addresses Gender is “recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and does not adjust it to apply to gender identity. It would prohibit federal funding of sports programs that allow biological males to participate in women’s and girls’ sports.
This would apply to biological men and boys who identify as transgender and look to participate in events and leagues for women and girls.
The measure is co-sponsored by 23 Republican senators.
This is not the first time Favre has weighed in on the issue of transgender athletes in women’s sports. The former NFL quarterback spoke out against New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who became the first transgender woman to qualify for the 2021 Olympics.
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Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand salutes after a lift in women’s weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Hubbard competed in men’s events before coming out as transgender in 2013.
“It’s a man competing as a woman,” Favre said in an episode of his podcast at the time, which is now discontinued. “That’s unfair. It’s not fair to a man, even if this person wants to be a woman or feels forced. If you want to become the opposite sex, that’s fine. I have no problem with that. But you can’t compete against…males.” They cannot compete against females.
“If I were a real woman (I can’t believe I’m saying that) and I was competing in powerlifting and I lost to this person, I would be beside myself.”
In that podcast episode, Favre also spoke out against transgender BMX rider Chelsea Wolfe, who was selected as an alternate for Team USA’s BMX freestyle event. Wolfe was accused of talking about burning an American flag. on the medal podium in a social media post, Pak Gazette Digital previously reported.
Favre said Wolfe should not be allowed to compete.
“I wouldn’t let her participate in my Olympics. Go participate for someone else,” Favre said. “To say that is a slap in the face to our country. I can’t believe this person could be allowed to participate for our country.
“She should be banned.”
Favre has previously worked with members of the LGBTQ community, including gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo. Favre appeared on Tuaolo’s podcast in 2020 to talk about head trauma from playing football.
However, Favre was also accused by some of displaying anti-transgender behavior during the 2015 ESPY Awards. During the show, Caitlyn Jenner took the stage to accept the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, and Favre was seen slowly applauding. The nature of Favre’s slow clapback sparked negative reactions from some people with pro-LGBTQ beliefs on social media.
But polls today show that most Americans oppose the inclusion of transgender people in women’s sports, which was a key campaign issue for Donald Trump and other Republicans in the recent cycle.
Former NFL player Brett Favre speaks onstage during SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 31, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Nearly 70% of Americans say biological males should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports, according to a study. Gallup poll last year.
In June, a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago asked respondents to weigh in on whether transgender athletes of both sexes should be allowed to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their preferred gender identity rather than their biological sex.
Sixty-five percent responded that it should never or rarely be allowed. When respondents were asked specifically about adult transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, 69% were opposed.
TO national exit poll conducted by the legislative action committee of Concerned Women of America (CWA) found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ sports and women since transgender boys and men use girls’ and women’s bathrooms, “so important to them.
And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”
