If you’re not chronically online, you may be unaware that “transvestigation” is a transphobic conspiracy theory that has gained traction since it first popped up in 2017, where MAGA followers believe that celebrities, athletes, and politicians are secretly transgender. They spend time “investigating” their unfounded, nonsensical theories by examining body language, jawlines, collarbone shape, and using debunked pseudoscience like phrenology to analyze skull shape.
The harmful and absurd conspiracy has led to transvestigations of Olympic boxer , , , French first lady Brigitte Macron, Dylan Mulvaney (who they claim was a trans man before becoming a trans woman), and even the — yes, that’s a real thing that happened.
The harmful and absurd conspiracy has led to transvestigations of Olympic boxer , , , French first lady Brigitte Macron, Dylan Mulvaney (who they claim was a trans man before becoming a trans woman), and even the — yes, that’s a real thing that happened.
