People Are Applauding A Wyoming Woman For Purposely Misgendering A State Senator To Prove A Point About An Anti-Trans Bill

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People Are Applauding A Wyoming Woman For Purposely Misgendering A State Senator To Prove A Point About An Anti-Trans Bill

A

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of new anti-trans legislation is making headway across the country, including in the Wyoming State Legislature.

Wyoming State Capitol building in daytime with a few people flying flags in front

Wyoming legislators introduced HB0032, called the

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, which defines terms like “man” and “woman” as strictly cisgender. There’s also

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, 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

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of the Wyoming Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources committee last Friday, Wyoming resident Britt Boril

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via Zoom call to express her disapproval of the legislation and casually stole the show.

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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.

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A man with a beard sits at a dais in a Senate committee meeting with two other members beside him with name plates in front of them. Wyoming state seal and flag behind

She says, “Hello. Thank you, Madam Chairman.” She continues but is cut off by French.

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Britt Boril speaks via Zoom. Caption: “Hello. Thank you, Madam Chairman”

“You can call me Mister Chairman if you want,” he interrupts.

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Senator French speaks in committee meeting. Caption: “You can call me Mr. Chairman”

“Well, I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronouns, as you have all voted to allow,” Boril says.

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Britt Boril speaks via Zoom. Caption: “While I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronoun”

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.”

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Senator French speaks in committee meeting. Caption: “We’re talking about preferred pronouns. A lot of people are. I prefer to be called Chairman Trench”

“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.”

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Britt Boril speaks via Zoom. Caption: “I know. And you all voted, but preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech”

HuffPost

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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

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on her

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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.”

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Comment reads: “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.

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Comment reads: “Britt Borel you’re my type of petty and I’m here for all of it”

“And she knew he’d instantly take the bait too.”

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Comment reads: “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.

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Comment reads: “The ‘ANYWAY’ was so healing too”

“The ‘anyway’ went so hard,” another person wrote.

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Comment reads: “The ‘anyway’ went so hard”

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.

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Comment reads: “don’t get hysterical madam chairman French”

“Why is madam chairman getting so emotional?” someone joked.

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Comment reads: “Why is madam chairman getting so emotional?”

“Madam Chairman got so emotional. She should have a nap and a lie down,” another commented.

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Comment reads: “Madam Chairman got so emotional. She should have a nap and lie down”

Britt also got a lot of love on the

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video she posted addressing her new followers and talking about her testimony.

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comments in support of Britt Boril defending trans rights, Wyoming pride expressed; love for words “mindful malicious compliance”

You can watch the clip of Britt

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 or the full meeting recording

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What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

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