A viral photo of Andrew Tate in Speedos led to conspiracy theorists suggesting he doesn't have male genitalia and is therefore a trans man.

In a post on Facebook on Tuesday (6 August) which was also cross-posted to X/Twitter, someone named Rob Anderson shared a photo of Tate in what appeared to be a pair of Speedos, also nicknamed budgie smugglers in Australia, and zoomed-in close on his crotch area.

“I guess she forgot to wear her fake,” Anderson captioned the photos, alongside an aubergine emoji, misgendering Tate – who identifies as a cisgender man – and implying that there was no male genitalia present, thus making the controversial figure trans.

Anderson also said Tate was among a number of people who are notable for being “part of the inverted show”.

Several of Anderson’s followers commented that they believed in the conspiracy too, with only a number of people pushing back, leading Anderson to say: “Don’t like what I post, think it’s crazy, get off my page. I don’t care, it’s the truth.”

Anderson further claimed that Tate is transgender in order to “blaspheme the Father”, referring to God.

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When asked if he supports transgender people, Tate said he “supports individual liberty” because he is “a libertarian”.

However, he has also said that YouTuber Mr Beast and trans influencer Kris Tyson were part of a “psyop” to normalise transgender people among children.

They are coming for your children, everybody at home. Your children are the future which they want to control,” he claimed.

Tate is also a self-proclaimed misogynist and claims to be the “pinnacle of masculinity.”

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
    1041·
    4 months ago

    This is all very confusing and I have now looked at a photo of Tate in his Speedos, which I wasn’t expecting to do this evening. So now I am making you do it too.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      201·
      4 months ago

      Ha ha, yeah, I’ll pass.

      Edit: Never mind, someone posted the picture directly and I couldn’t avoid it. Gross, but yeah, he doesn’t have much business to hide down there, does he? Is that why he’s accused of raping and trafficking minors, because he’s angry…?

  • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
    591·
    4 months ago

    I honestly don’t care if it’s that he was not born male, or a micro penis, or “it was cold”. None of it excuses him pushing/living such toxic masculinity. Over compensating is no excuse.

      • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
        135·
        4 months ago

        It’s still unpleasant intolerance, so not funny. Not suddenly ok because the target is normally the assailant on this front.

        • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
          64·
          4 months ago

          Ah, so you were trying to defend him. I see. Your initial comment didn’t made that clear.

          • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
            113·
            4 months ago

            No, I’m saying we shouldn’t care about his junk, unlike him and his followers. It’s stooping to his level.

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
              6·
              4 months ago

              I don’t care about his junk. I care about making a human trafficker self conscious about his junk. I would have to stoop much, much lower to get to his level.

              • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
                53·
                4 months ago

                The problem with him is the human trafficking, dick head bit. His junk is immaterial to that.

            • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
              53·
              4 months ago

              Yes, you are. Because you’re completely ignoring the fact that people simply call out his hypocrisy. You can’t be some sort of self proclaimed alpha male or trans hater if you’re either a small dick guy or a trans male.

              • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
                32·
                4 months ago

                He might see himself as an alpha male, but the rest of us see him as a dick head. I’m sure there a lots of small dick guys who are dick heads and think they are alpha males. I see no reason to believe there aren’t trans men like that too. Pointing out the hypocrisy won’t change them. Even if they had massive junk, who cares? They are still dick heads to avoid.

                • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
                  13·
                  4 months ago

                  le sigh… Yes, they can be that, but not without being hypocrites. That’s the point and why people focus on that / making fun of him. Please stop being obtuse, it’s not that deep.

                • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
                  1·
                  4 months ago

                  No? Their whole concept of an alpha is to be the more superior being compared to others, which would mean they’re better in every aspect, including dick size.

        • intensely_human@lemm.ee
          23·
          4 months ago

          It’s like laughing as your enemies launch nuclear weapons at each other. Still gonna get fallout.

  • fsxyloEnglish
    481·
    4 months ago

    While it’s haha funny I really don’t want to see this dude’s junk 50 times today.

  • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
    44·
    4 months ago

    I say leave the little guy alone before he exposes himself online.

    Could you imagine if he was trans though? His fans would have an existential crisis.

  • razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world
    441·
    4 months ago

    This is so dumb. Everyone has know for years he gives off micro dick energy. It’s clearly a tuck job. Give Micro-dong a break already.

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
    27·
    4 months ago

    The man’s tuck game is on point. Could the Tate saga be the ultimate story of a man fighting the gay demons inside so hard that he does international crimes?

  • Iapar@feddit.org
    261·
    4 months ago

    I sometimes say to people “life is a joke that most people don’t get”. And stuff like this is what I mean with that.