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A transgender Virginia state senator stormed out of the chamber and she was referred to as 'sir' by a rising star lieutenant governor. Virginia based Democrat Danica A. Roem, 39, was seen marching out of the chamber moments after being misgendered by Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, 59. The remark caused the legislature to go into recess twice, with footage since emerging of the exchange between the two. Senator Roem can be heard asking: 'Madame President how many votes would it take to pass this bill with the emergency clause.' The Lieutenant Governor replies, 'Yes sir, that would be 32', causing...

U.S. — Media outlets around the country joined hands today to call for a moment of silent remembrance for Audrey Hale, a mass shooter who was misgendered. "Words cannot describe the deep pain felt by the entire trans community as they watch one of their own being cruelly misgendered on the news," said MSNBC anchor Pam Broxley. "Trans people are in fear for their lives that they might be misgendered next. This is causing real-world harm to their self-perception, which amounts to a terrorist act. Please join us for a moment of silence for Audrey. Say her name." All...

A transgender prisoner who got two fellow inmates pregnant at New Jersey's only women's prison has been moved to a men's prison where she is being held in a vulnerable unit. Demi Minor, who is serving a 30-year sentence for stabbing her former foster father to death, was moved from the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility to the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in June. Minor, 27, complains that she was misgendered and abused by guards during the transfer and was even placed on suicide watch after she tried to hang herself while she was being transferred to GSCF. In a...

An LGBTQ reporter who goes by "they/them" pronouns is peeved that MSNBC "misgendered" them during a segment on women who face online harassment. On Friday, Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz and 19th News reporter Kate Sosin sat down for a joint interview and spoke about how viral attacks have impacted their work as well as their personal well-being. Sosin later took to Twitter to object to being labeled a female. "I really did not want to get into this, but I don't know what to do. It's been five days since @MSNBC pubbed this piece on gender-based harassed facing journalists...