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?”

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    2 days ago

    Idk but usually starting somewhere like “there are ten transgender athletes in all NCAA sanctioned college sports across the entire country” points out how fucking stupid legislating on this issue really is. You can feel whatever way you want to feel about it but this is a made up issue being used to restrict rights. Simple as.