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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 07:21 PM Nov 2017

Republican lawmakers abolish gender so they dont have to call trans politician Danica Roem a woman



Republicans have abruptly taken the decision to stop using gendered language in the Virginia House of Delegates – so they don’t have to refer to groundbreaking trans politician Danica Roem as a woman.
Democratic delegate-elect Danica Roem made history earlier this month as the first openly transgender lawmaker to be elected to a state legislature, after unseating GOP incumbent Bob Marshall, who penned anti-transgender ‘bathroom’ legislation.
Roem is set to take up her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in January.
But ahead of the new session, the Republican-controlled body has opted to make drastic changes to the chamber’s 400-year-old rulebook.
Under the changes, politicians speaking on the floor of the House will no longer have to refer to eachother as ‘Gentleman’ or ‘Gentlewoman’, and will instead use the term ‘Delegate’ as a gender-neutral address.


[link:http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/11/22/republican-lawmakers-abolish-gender-so-they-dont-have-to-call-trans-politician-danica-roem-a-woman/|

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Republican lawmakers abolish gender so they dont have to call trans politician Danica Roem a woman (Original Post) Soph0571 Nov 2017 OP
Too funny. dawg day Nov 2017 #1
Accidental progress Corvo Bianco Nov 2017 #2
They are just so, so... wcmagumba Nov 2017 #3

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. Too funny.
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 07:27 PM
Nov 2017

But what an awful welcome to Gentlewoman Roehm. I hope she's constantly reminded of the majority of her district who think she's great.

wcmagumba

(2,871 posts)
3. They are just so, so...
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 07:40 PM
Nov 2017

terrified of anyone not exactly like themselves...all the RW is like this I believe...idiots!

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