He huffed about how the question wasn’t “appropriate” even though his bill would result in kids being asked that same question.

A Republican state rep from Michigan testifying about his anti-trans sports bill on Monday was left speechless after an out Democratic colleague began his questioning by asking, “Representative, can you tell me: are you trans?”

A long beat staring down out gay Democratic state Rep. Mike McFall followed, before state Rep. Jason Woolford ® managed to reply, “Are you?”

“I’m actually going somewhere with this,” he said to lawmakers in the small chamber.

“Because I want to know, how does a 14-year-old girl prove whether or not she’s trans to a 50-year-old coach?”

  • Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Im not being dramatic, sports just are inherently unfair, any attempt to moderate that just shifts the window for the optimal body type to play that sport.

    If your 6’5" and im 5’, and were playing basketball how do you make that fair? You don’t.

    “Oh but you could be faster or someshit” Yea that’s why we have an abundance of height differences in the nba because you can work around that obvious genetic advantage.