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Feminist New Zealand PM Backs Biologically Male Trans Athlete Competing In Women’s Olympic Weightlifting

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Feminist New Zealand PM Backs Biologically Male Trans Athlete Competing In Women’s Olympic Weightlifting
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, an outspoken feminist, threw her support behind a former men’s weightlifting competitor who now identities as a woman.

As The Daily Wire reported, Laurel Hubbard is representing New Zealand in the women’s weightlifting category at the upcoming Olympics. Hubbard will be the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.

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