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Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
People Are Applauding A Wyoming Woman For Purposely Misgendering A State Senator To Prove A Point About An Anti-Trans Bill
A slew of new anti-trans legislation is making headway across the country, including in the Wyoming State Legislature. Wyoming legislators introduced HB0032, called the What is a Woman Act, which defines terms like "man" and "woman" as strictly cisgender. There's also State File 007, a bill proposing that state employees not be required to use a colleague's preferred pronouns. It asserts that "compelled speech is not free speech." At a meeting of the Wyoming Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources committee last Friday, Wyoming resident Britt Boril joined via Zoom call to express her disapproval of the legislation and casually stole the show. @ posted it to TikTok, where it's been viewed over 2 million times. State Senator Tim French, a Republican and cisgender man, called on Boril to speak. She says, "Hello. Thank you, Madam Chairman." She continues but is cut off by French. "You can call me Mister Chairman if you want," he interrupts. "Well, I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronouns, as you have all voted to allow," Boril says. Senator French replies, "Wait a minute, we're talking about preferred pronouns. A lot of people are. I prefer to be called Chairman French. That's my preferred pronoun." "I know," Boril tells him, "and you all voted that preferred pronouns cannot be 'compelled' speech in SF0077. Anyway, my name is Britt Boril, and I'm a constituent calling in from Casper to voice my opposition to HB0032." HuffPost reported that "Boril told the committee that the act puts women in 'real danger through government overreach'" and that they should focus "on issues 'that actually matter' to Wyoming citizens." Boril also shared on her Instagram that "misgendering people is not cool" and that "disrespect was the message," HuffPost wrote. "We're all about mindful malicious compliance here," she also said. People were very into Britt's comments at the Senate meeting online. This person wrote, "Malicious compliance has entered the chat." "Britt Borel you're my type of petty and I'm here for all of it," someone else wrote. "And she knew he'd instantly take the bait too." People LOVED how she transitioned to the real matter at hand. "The 'ANYWAY' was so healing too," someone commented. "The 'anyway' went so hard," another person wrote. Many poked fun at Sen. French, aka "Madam Chairman," with some of the condescending things historically said to women. "Don't get hysterical madam chairman French," this user wrote. "Why is madam chairman getting so emotional?" someone joked. "Madam Chairman got so emotional. She should have a nap and a lie down," another commented. Britt also got a lot of love on the Instagram video she posted addressing her new followers and talking about her testimony. You can watch the clip of Britt here or the full meeting recording here. Wyoming Legislature / Via What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
Buzz Feed
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Buzz Feed
People Are Applauding A Wyoming Woman For Purposely Misgendering A State Senator To Prove A Point About An Anti-Trans Bill
A slew of new anti-trans legislation is making headway across the country, including in the Wyoming State Legislature. Wyoming legislators introduced HB0032, called the What is a Woman Act, which defines terms like "man" and "woman" as strictly cisgender. There's also State File 007, a bill proposing that state employees not be required to use a colleague's preferred pronouns. It asserts that "compelled speech is not free speech." At a meeting of the Wyoming Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources committee last Friday, Wyoming resident Britt Boril joined via Zoom call to express her disapproval of the legislation and casually stole the show. @ posted it to TikTok, where it's been viewed over 2 million times. State Senator Tim French, a Republican and cisgender man, called on Boril to speak. She says, "Hello. Thank you, Madam Chairman." She continues but is cut off by French. "You can call me Mister Chairman if you want," he interrupts. "Well, I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronouns, as you have all voted to allow," Boril says. Senator French replies, "Wait a minute, we're talking about preferred pronouns. A lot of people are. I prefer to be called Chairman French. That's my preferred pronoun." "I know," Boril tells him, "and you all voted that preferred pronouns cannot be 'compelled' speech in SF0077. Anyway, my name is Britt Boril, and I'm a constituent calling in from Casper to voice my opposition to HB0032." Boril also shared on her Instagram that "misgendering people is not cool" and that "disrespect was the message," HuffPost wrote. "We're all about mindful malicious compliance here," she also said. Britt also got a lot of love on the Instagram video she posted addressing her new followers and talking about her testimony. You can watch the clip of Britt here or the full meeting recording here. @ Love it Wyoming Legislature / Via
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Wyoming Resident Purposely Misgenders Senator To Prove A Point
A Wyoming resident purposely referred to Wyoming Sen. Tim French (R) as 'madam' in an effort to point out the hypocrisy of Senate File 0077, which states 'compelled speech is not free speech,' and employees of the state are not required to use another employee's preferred pronouns. During Friday's Wyoming Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources committee meeting, Britt Boril joined the meeting via video and addressed French as 'Madam Chairman.' When French told Boril to call him 'Mister Chairman,' Boril responded that she 'cannot be compelled to use' his preferred pronouns. 'I prefer to be called Chairman French,' French said. 'That's my preferred pronoun.' 'I know, and you all voted that preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech in SF77,' Boril said. 'Anyway, my name is Britt Boril...' Boril did not respond to a request for an interview, but in a video posted on her Instagram, she said that 'misgendering people is not cool,' and it's 'always disrespectful and dehumanizing whether intentional or not.' She said she's been watching her Wyoming legislators 'tear people down' and not listen to residents' testimony, so when she deliberately misgendered French, 'Disrespect was the message.' She said she worries that others will do the same in 'bad faith.' 'We're all about mindful malicious compliance here,' she said. French did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wyoming Sen. Lynn Hutchings (R), who sponsored the bill, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Boril joined the committee meeting to share testimony regarding What Is A Woman Act, which states that a female is a person who has, had or will have the 'reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes eggs for fertilization.' Boril told the committee that the act puts women in 'real danger through government overreach' because if a woman don't present as 'female enough,' Boril asks if they would have to undergo a genital inspection just to use the bathroom. She asked why legislators are attacking women and trans people instead of focusing on issues 'that actually matter' to Wyoming citizens. She also asked the legislators to vote no on the bill and to 'do their jobs.' French thanked her for her testimony and said, 'We are doing our job. We work hard at it every — it starts with a D. Every D-day.' A trio of anti-trans and anti-DEI bills in Wyoming, including What Is A Woman Act, made headway last month. The other two bills would close DEI offices in the state and the University of Wyoming, and one would ban transgender students from playing sports at UW and other community colleges in the state. 'See You In Court': Maine Gov Goes Head-To-Head With Trump Over Trans Athlete Ban Wyoming Reporter Caught Using AI To Create Fake Quotes And Stories Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
