NFL legend Brett Favre said he can "only shake my head" at transgender athletes competing against biological girls and women in sports.

Despite the outrage of Hoang and other advocates, Newsom’s newly voiced position places him in the national political mainstream. In January a New York Times/ Ipsos poll found that almost 80% of Americans oppose allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports and that included more than two-thirds of Democrats.

Ad spending on women’s sports surged in 2024, more than doubling from the previous year, according to a new report from TV marketing firm EDO.