Lucylastic
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This made me smile Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) proved she has no tolerance for transphobia. Lofgren criticized the submitted testimony of Gail Heriot, of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, who spoke as a witness during a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee hearing on regulatory overreach. 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.” Lofgren was not having it. “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. When Heriot tried to respond, Lofgren shut her down. “I think you’re a bigot, lady, I think you are an ignorant bigot,” Lofgren said. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) halted Lofgren’s remarks, declaring her “out of order.” But the congresswoman didn’t back down from her criticism. “We allow witnesses to say offensive things, but I cannot allow that kind of bigotry to go into the record unchallenged,” Lofgren said. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zoe-lofgren-transphobia_us_5746eee4e4b0dacf7ad403eb edited to add, that one reader comment stood out for me.... quote:
Jeanette Barrett · Spring, Texas “If I believe that I am a Russian princess, that doesn’t make me a Russian princess..." We used to lock people away in institutions who lost themselves in fantasies like this. Now we put them on Prozac. We treat them chemically, counsel them, and release them back into society and hope for the best. But transgenders we persecute. Transgenders are not mentally unbalanced. Their identity mismatch has been studied by the medical field extensively; they are not fantasizing about who they are. They're not playing a role or trying to upset anyone's belief system. They are who they are and those among us who don't like it can't change it. If human beings are entitled to nothing else in this world, they are at least entitled to be who they are. Heterosexual, homosexual, trans-sexual, pansexual, non-sexual... You get one life. Live it on YOUR terms. Because there are no do-overs.
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