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?”
Sports is used as a revenue generator at all levels of government. Look how much taxpayer money is spent to build stadiums/arenas/etc. for the sake of the “local economy.” Not to mention all the money spent on advertising and sponsorship.
All of which, of course, has nothing to do with lawmakers’ arbitrary decisions on whether or not trans athletes should exist. Just wanted to point out how much the government is already involved in sports.
I mean if it were up to me they’d be paying for their own stadiums. The rest of it is just taxation which applies to pretty much everything.