Congresswoman Shuts Down Transphobic Woman: ‘You’re A Bigot, Lady’

[KamaAina]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zoe-lofgren-transphobia_us_5746eee4e4b0dacf7ad403eb

Heriot argued that trans people shouldn’t be accepted as the gender they identify with, saying, “If I believe that I am a Russian princess, that doesn’t make me a Russian princess, even if my friends and acquaintances are willing to indulge my fantasy.”...

“I’ve got to say, I found this rather offensive, and it says to me that the witness really doesn’t know anything and probably has never met a transgender child who is going through, in almost every case, a very difficult experience finding themselves,” Lofgren said.

“I think it’s very regrettable that comment was put into the record, and I think it’s highly offensive,” Lofgren added....

“I think you’re a bigot, lady, I think you are an ignorant bigot,” Lofgren said.

Not my rep by a couple of miles.

[Actor]

1. The male speaker who interrupted her is a right winger I assume

I think I recognize him.

[RiverNoord]

3. Seriously?

Could you give any more details?

I'm entirely 'pro-entirely-legal-but-embarassing-shadowing-of-bigots.'

And I've got to travel pretty far from where I live in Minnesota to find really solid, in-your-face bigotry to have some... fun... with. Might as well make it more of a road trip...

[HuckleB]

5. He is a total tool

https://www.thedodo.com/rep-steve-king-animal-villain-987304833.html

[niyad]

2. too bad that the idiot from this district would go along with the bigot.

[jwirr]

4. This is a question coming from an elderly woman who knows

nothing about trans gender.

The closest I come is having seen a child in the University Hospitals who had both the genitalia of a boy and a girl. I also had a cousin in the above group. I have been told that there is a difference.

So is there medical evidence that helps trans people to prove who they are? Do they have a chance in hell getting people to accept them? I have often thought that the two situations might just be a matter of degrees. The baby I saw had physical evidence while the latter group is more of a matter of mental evidence that just has not been accepted as proof.

If I have insulted anyone I am sorry. I had not idea how to ask the question.

[mnhtnbb]

6. For some basic info on understanding gender identity

https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/

[jwirr]

7. Thank you.