Winsome Earle-Sears Misgenders Trans Senator As 'Sir'

Virginia Lt Gov-Elect Winsome Sears greets supporters on November 2, 2021, in Chantilly, Virginia. | Supply: The Washington Submit / Getty

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is again within the information, and it seems that when she’s not being a tap-dancing, important race theory-propagandizing protected negro for white nationalism, she’s utilizing her time on the Senate flooring to be a passive-aggressive anti-LGBTQ+ bigot by (seemingly) deliberately misgendering the primary transgender individual elected to the Virginia state legislature.

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In response to Newsweek, on Monday, Earle-Sears referred to Sen. Danica Roem (D-Prince William) as “sir,” although Roem makes use of she/her pronouns. Roem responded by strolling out of the session.

From Newsweek:

The incident occurred throughout a debate on Home Invoice 592, associated to “emergency laws associated to prescription drug value transparency.” The invoice handed the Virginia Senate with bipartisan help on February 26.

In footage, Roem rose to ask the Earle-Sears what number of votes for the invoice could be required for the it to move with an emergency clause.

“That may be 4 fifths, Senator,” Earle Sears responded, earlier than she was requested by Roem what the precise quantity could be. The lieutenant governor added: “Sure sir, that may be 32.”

Now, transphobic apologists are going to exit of their technique to give Earle-Sears the good thing about the doubt and say she merely misspoke. Maybe it simply slipped her thoughts that this one that presents as a lady identifies as a lady. However contemplate that this is similar girl who, in 2022, mentioned Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s coverage requiring trans college students to make use of the bogs and locker rooms based mostly on their organic intercourse and denying them using their most well-liked pronouns by inexplicably implying that any opposing coverage would “destroy our households.” Earle-Sears additionally wrote in a 2004 op-ed for the Day by day Press, “I additionally consider our society has gone immeasurably past nearly all requirements in accommodating the gay neighborhood the final couple of a long time,” as if she believes “society” has overdone it with the entire tolerating varied sexual identities factor. (She additionally accused the LGBTQ+ neighborhood of co-opting the motion for Black civil rights, however to be truthful, she additionally doesn’t actually care about pro-Black civil rights actions both.)

Earl-Sears additionally initially refused to apologize for misgendering Roem—which can be very telling concerning her intent—however she did finally supply a raggedy non-apology that was typically a lengthier variation of: “Sorry you have been offended.”

“It’s by no means my intention to make anybody offended,” Earle-Sears mentioned after a recess. “I hope that others would contemplate that they might attempt to not offend me as nicely, we’re all equal underneath the regulation.”

“I’m not right here to upset anybody,” she continued. “I’m right here to do the job the individuals of Virginia have referred to as me to do, and that’s to deal with everybody with respect and dignity,” she continued, including “I apologize, I apologize, I apologize.”

One factor about conservatives: They’re good for providing “apologies” that handle to be extra offensive than the preliminary offense.

Why is Earle-Sears even speaking about hypothetical individuals who ought to “contemplate that they might attempt to not offend me as nicely,” when she’s the one one who mentioned something offensive? And people traces about how “we’re all equal underneath the regulation” and about treating “everybody with respect and dignity” have been examples of blatant gaslighting coming from Earle-Sears, who’s detached at greatest and resentful at worst concerning LGBTQ+ rights.