Republican lawmakers abolish gender so they dont have to call trans politician Danica Roem a woman
Republicans have abruptly taken the decision to stop using gendered language in the Virginia House of Delegates so they dont have to refer to groundbreaking trans politician Danica Roem as a woman.
Democratic delegate-elect Danica Roem made history earlier this month as the first openly transgender lawmaker to be elected to a state legislature, after unseating GOP incumbent Bob Marshall, who penned anti-transgender bathroom legislation.
Roem is set to take up her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in January.
But ahead of the new session, the Republican-controlled body has opted to make drastic changes to the chambers 400-year-old rulebook.
Under the changes, politicians speaking on the floor of the House will no longer have to refer to eachother as Gentleman or Gentlewoman, and will instead use the term Delegate as a gender-neutral address.
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