GOP lawmaker left speechless when asked if he's trans during a hearing

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GOP lawmaker left speechless when asked if he's trans during a hearing - Lemmy.World

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?”

I swear to god republicans found out Penis Inspection Day wasn’t real and are now making it a thing to save face.
Penis inspection day was real though. Up until ≈1974 in the USA you had to show your dick to go swimming in public pools.
For real-real? Saurce?
Eps 61-80 — The Dollop

The Dollop

Damn @.@
The section referenced:

The Dark Secret of Swimming Pools

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· “A Conversation with Jeff Wiltse, Author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.” University of North Carolina Press. (May 1, 2010) www.ibiblio.org/uncp/media/…/WiltseQ & A_pb.pdf

· Wiltse, Jeff. Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America. The University of North Carolina Press. (April 23, 2007)

· Gale, Neil, Ph.D. “The Origins of Nude Swimming in Illinois Public Schools and Community Pools.” Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal. (December 20, 2016). …blogspot.com/…/the-origins-of-nude-swimming-in.h…

Others

· “Nude Male Swimming” Collection of articles. Historic Archives sites.google.com/site/…/photographs

· Markowitz, Eric. “Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude.” vocativ. (April 29, 2014) vocativ.com/…/fairly-recently-ymca-actually-requi…

· Jumper-Swim. “The Origins of Nude Swimming at the Y & Public Schools.” Historic Archives. sites.google.com/site/…/jumper-swim

· Norm. “Swimming naked: my high school swim team did!” Chicago Then. (November 12, 2013) chicagonow.com/…/swimming-naked-my-high-school-sw…

· All Things Considered. “Plunging into Public Pools’ Contentious Past.” [radio] NPR (May 26, 2007). www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104…