Joe Rogan goes off on transgender female athletes competing against biological women: 'It's f---ing maddening'
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Joe Rogan sounded off on transgender athletes, specifically transgender women competing against biological women in sports, in the latest episode of his podcast on Tuesday.
Rogan was talking with physician Peter Attia on "The Joe Rogan Experience" about the physical size of professional athletes. The comedian pointed out that "equality does not exist physically," which led him to segue into the recent emergence of transgender athletes in sports.
"It’s why we have weight classes. It’s why we should have the difference between females and males competing against each other, which is why this trans athlete thing f---ing blows my mind – how many people go along with this?" Rogan said. "It just blows my mind."
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Lia Thomas looks on from the podium after finishing fifth in the 200-yard freestyle during the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championship on March 18, 2022, in Atlanta. (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Rogan brought up Lia Thomas and how she won the women’s 500 free at the NCAA Swimming Championships for the University of Pennsylvania.
"Swimming, I mean that Lia Thomas is still the number one swimmer in the world and it’s a biological male. Period. End of discussion. It’s madness. And not only that, hasn’t even gotten – penis removed and has sex with women apparently," Rogan said. "Just, the whole thing is so crazy that you can call yourself a woman and then you’re a woman. And like, this has nothing to do with trans rights. It just has to do with humans.
"There’s a reason why we make a distinction why men are now allowed