Joe Rogan expressed clear support for a recent Supreme Court ruling blocking transgender women from competing in female sports during episode #2523 of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring comedian Ali Siddiq.
The pair were discussing how ideological capture shapes judicial decisions when Rogan brought up the case. He described the 6-3 vote as a fortunate outcome, framing the three dissenting justices as examples of left-wing certainty on the bench.
“You guarantee trans women in sports, trans women or women, let them play in sports,” Rogan said of the dissenting justices. “That was a recent Supreme Court order. Three judges said that trans women should be able to play in women’s sport. The rest of them said f*** no. The other six canceled it out, luckily.”
Siddiq backed the ruling and made the case that physical differences between male and female athletes make the issue a matter of sport, not social politics.
“You know those people are not taking into account the sport,” he said. “It’s a difference. If you were originally something and now you’re playing in something else, your strength is different. And you don’t feel that until your daughter gets knocked out of the ring where she’s supposed to be boxing somebody that’s the same gender.”
Rogan argued the ruling was not an act of cruelty toward transgender people but a necessary protection for women’s athletics, tying it back to the original purpose of Title IX.
“It’s not cruel to not let that happen in sports,” he said. “That’s what Title IX is about in the first place. Give women the opportunity to play in an equal time as men. Having men that think they’re women play with women is f***ing crazy.”
Rogan made clear that opposing transgender women in sports does not mean excluding anyone from society entirely.
“It doesn’t mean you need to cancel people out of society. It doesn’t mean you can’t live and let live. I agree,” he said. “But get the f*** out of the women’s room.”
Rogan extended the argument to youth athletics and women’s track at the Olympic level, saying it comes down to basic biology.
“You’re running track at a literal women’s Olympic level and you’re 15,” he said. “You’re not really a girl. This is nuts.”
