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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?
https://the-dollop-sources.squarespace.com/eps-61-80
It’s episode 78
Damn @.@
The section referenced:
The Dark Secret of Swimming Pools
Main
· “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) http://www.ibiblio.org/uncp/media/wiltse/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). https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-origins-of-nude-swimming-in.html
Others
· “Nude Male Swimming” Collection of articles. Historic Archives https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/archives---mid-20th-century-to-current/photographs
· Markowitz, Eric. “Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude.” vocativ. (April 29, 2014) http://www.vocativ.com/culture/fun/fairly-recently-ymca-actually-required-swimmers-nude/
· Jumper-Swim. “The Origins of Nude Swimming at the Y & Public Schools.” Historic Archives. https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/archives---mid-20th-century-to-current/stories/jumper-swim
· Norm. “Swimming naked: my high school swim team did!” Chicago Then. (November 12, 2013) http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-then/2013/11/swimming-naked-my-high-school-swim-team-did-123/
· All Things Considered. “Plunging into Public Pools’ Contentious Past.” [radio] NPR (May 26, 2007). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10407533
Hahaha… hol’ up… what do you mean not real?
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I just hate that it takes my pastor the whole day to do the inspection