’A Canadian broadcaster has made the first slip-up of the Olympic Games, mistakenly referring to Australian flag bearer Patty Mills as a woman." … “I think they had two women carry the flag. Cate Campbell the swimmer and Patty Mills the basketball player,” the Canadian broadcaster said.' https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/olympics/tokyo-2020-canadian-broadcaster-refers-to-australian-olympic-flag-bearer-patty-mills-as-a-woman-c-3489557 I guess they assumed ‘Patty’ was a woman’s name?

That’s a pretty understandable mistake, if all I had was a name on a sheet pf paper I’d probably make the same assumption. Hopefully the broadcaster apologises for the error.

Olympics - CBC commentators misgendered an Indigenous Australian now!

OnFire

’A Canadian broadcaster has made the first slip-up of the Olympic Games, mistakenly referring to Aus...

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Chookas

Those Canadians are completely duped, I’m not surprised 😂...

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PuddingPlease

That’s a pretty understandable mistake, if all I had was a name on a sheet pf paper I’d probably mak...

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