Reclining against a pylon at the Gold Coast’s Spit Beach, Drouyn presented in a neon yellow and orange striped one-piece swimsuit, red lipstick beaconing from his puckers, white hair down to his neck, man-mound clearly visible, and told the country he was no longer a man.

The 58-year-old Australian sports idol claims his male hormones have been draining from his body for the past eight years.