Claim There have been no male athletes who were assigned female at birth, transitioned, and later competed in professional men’s sports. Fact CheckIn mid-June 2022, as the world governing body for swimming effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, misinformation about transgender athletes spread. According to one online rumor circulating as a meme on Facebook, there are no athletes who were assigned female at birth, transitioned, and then competed in men’s sports. In that same vein, the meme incorrectly posits that transgender men who were assigned female at birth would not compete in men’s sports, the implication being that they do not have the physical advantages. However, there are many examples of transgender men, assigned female at birth, who ended up competing in various men’s sports and succeeding.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2022 16:00 UTC