Danica Roem becomes first trans*person to be elected to (US) state legislature

Started by Vekseid, November 07, 2017, 07:27:58 PM

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TheGlyphstone


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In a fit of sore-loserdom, the GOP-controlled House of Delegates is ending the tradition of addressing members as 'gentleman' and 'gentlelady' for the neutral 'delegate' entirely so they won't have to address Roem as 'gentlelady'. They claim they're changing with the times but the fact that this comes riiiight after her win and that both her opponent and the party apparatus repeatedly referred to her as 'he' is telling.
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Blythe

Quote from: Various on November 23, 2017, 01:52:42 PM
In a fit of sore-loserdom, the GOP-controlled House of Delegates is ending the tradition of addressing members as 'gentleman' and 'gentlelady' for the neutral 'delegate' entirely so they won't have to address Roem as 'gentlelady'. They claim they're changing with the times but the fact that this comes riiiight after her win and that both her opponent and the party apparatus repeatedly referred to her as 'he' is telling.

On the one hand, I like the neutral wording better, because it's more inclusive in general and sounds far less clunky than 'gentleman' and 'gentlelady.'

On the other hand, I'm kind of annoyed that the context suggests that it came about because of bigotry against a transwoman. :/

PhallusOperandi

Various:

Don't be so sure it will be GOP-controlled after vote counts have been finalized; it's 48D-49R at the moment, with the remaining seats undergoing recount as required.