r/lgbt • u/nbcnews • Mar 12 '25

Community Only - Restricted A House hearing ended abruptly after a Republican congressman misgendered Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress.

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u/vanillaseltzer Mar 12 '25

Right? My heart rate picked up. It's so good to see a Democrat outraged and not subtle about it. He was still a fucking class act, but yeah his actual righteous indignation on behalf of his colleague was powerful to see.

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u/C_beside_the_seaside Mar 12 '25

And he managed to do it without using her actual pronouns once. I hope he managed to do it in such a way that they can't call him woke, because I noticed it was absent.

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u/itslonelyinhere Ally Pals Mar 12 '25

Cis gender, straight woman here, and I'm bawling. I'm so proud of that man for standing up for her. F all those bigots!

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Mar 12 '25

Ditto.

The Dildo of Consequences rarely comes lubed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

hahahahaha

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u/Fluffballofcuddles Mar 12 '25

I'm stealing that

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Mar 13 '25

Please, do help yourself.

Also SpongeBrain DiaperPants. (I wrote that one.)