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Policial correctness has taken over the country
A Kansas state lawmaker said she isn't thrilled about having to
share a restroom with her "huge" transgender Democratic
colleague.
Rep. Cheryl Helmer made her stance known in an April 23 email to
University of Kansas graduate student Brenan Riffel, who
described themselves as trans-feminine, saying "personally I do
not appreciate the huge transgender female who is now in our
restrooms in the Capitol," The Washington Times reported.
Helmer was referring to Rep. Stephanie Byers, the state's first
elected transgender lawmaker.
Fox News has reached out to her and Byers.
In response to the remarks, House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a
Kansas City-area Republican, said "it�s unfortunate those words
were said."
The email came as the GOP-controlled legislature is making
efforts to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly�s veto of a ban
on transgender athletes in girls� and women�s K-12 and college
sports.
Lawmakers in the state Senate recently voted 28-10 to override
the veto. The House is expected to take a vote on the matter,
though it was not clear when.
"We know this has been going on in offices, and back rooms and
conversations since the day I was elected," Byers said Tuesday,
The Times reported. "The shocking part is that it came out, that
someone actually said it."
Helmer, 70, said she was in the Statehouse with a mother and her
young daughter and Byers several months ago. She said the child
was scared of Byers.
She said she mistakenly entered the men's restroom in the House
in 2021 and the men became upset. She said she asked them how
would they like it if a woman regularly used their restroom, the
report said.
She also said parents shouldn't be allowed to change the gender
of their children.
"You can�t lop a penis off and then expect, you know, a little
boy to now live his life," she said. "He�ll be in regret for the
rest of his life."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kansas-restroom-transgender
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