Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator Joe Rogan has never been one to bite his tongue when it comes to controversial topics. Rogan has attacked the most legitimate conspiracy theories on his SyFy show and dressed down guests on his podcasts for various reasons.
When Rogan saw the following article about a transgender boy wrestling women in a wrestling tournament, Rogan took to his social media:
A 17-year-old transgender boy moves within one match of winning a Texas state girls wrestling title. https://t.co/5famNrCgCL
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 25, 2017
Rogan had made it clear that he had absolutely no issues with the transgender boy other than the fact that he was grappling women all the while taking testosterone. Mack Beggs is a female making the transition to male, and Rogan broke down his view on the matter in a series of tweets which you can read below:
I deleted my original tweet on this because I wanted to express myself more clearly. https://t.co/ZLof8C0kVy
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 25, 2017
People lose minds about anything gender related, but this is a biological female taking steroids competing against girls.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 25, 2017
“I feel for this person and I understand the state won’t let her transitioning to him compete against boys but this is [expletive] for the girls.”
To tolerate a biological girl taking testosterone and competing against girls who aren't is completely insane.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 25, 2017
Wrestling is a combat sport and taking testosterone competing against girls who aren't taking it is completely unfair and dangerous.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 25, 2017
For the record I think it's absolutely fair for this girl transitioning to a boy to wrestle boys as there's no unfair advantage there.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 25, 2017
This wouldn’t be the first time that Rogan dove into this topic. Rogan talked about man-to-woman transgender fighter Fallon Fox taking on women in the cage years ago. Is Rogan’s view on the subject controversial, or is he approaching this with logic? How do you feel about the transgender boy (boy to girl) wrestling women in the Texas tournament? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
