Tennessee Lawmaker Threatens Trans Women with Violence

[Shana A]

Mark Daniel Snyder
Communications Manager, Transgender Law Center

Tennessee Lawmaker Threatens Trans Women with Violence
Posted: 01/23/2012 2:51 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-daniel-snyder/richard-floyd-transgender_b_1216713.html

On Jan. 12 Tennessee State Representative Richard Floyd (R-Chattanooga) said he would "stomp a mudhole" into any transgender woman he saw attempting to use a women's restroom. That phrase means to sexually and violently assault someone to the point where they are unable to fight back.

So far, Rep. Floyd's comments have been largely ignored and unchallenged by the mainstream media. How could something so incredibly outrageous and disgusting go unreported?