A transgender woman uses humor to try to change minds in coal countryhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-transgender-woman-uses-humor-to-try-to-change-minds-in-coal-country/ar-AA1NsrF0?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=78726631cd574737e3a6c6f4dd4fa2c1&ei=115 🔗 [Link: msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-transgender-woman-uses-humor-to-try-to-change-minds-in-coal-country/ar-AA1NsrF0/]Casey Parks (28 Sep 2025)
The day that a gunman killed Charlie Kirk in Utah, Cassandra Williamson was at home in rural Kentucky, washing laundry and checking her mom's vital signs. Williamson, 66, is a veteran of both the Marine Corps and the Navy, and for the last few years, she has been the primary caregiver for her mother and two siblings. Williamson is also transgender — a fact that has put her at odds with her Trump-loving family and a growing network of conservatives who want to strip trans people of rights.
When prosecutors and public officials said Kirk's alleged shooter was in a romantic relationship with a person who is transitioning from male to female, prominent Republicans called for trans activists to be institutionalized and labeled terrorists. For Williamson, the suggestion felt ludicrous. How could she be a threat to the nation she fought to protect?
She decided to start a satirical blog.
In "A Day in the Life of a Transgender Terrorist,' Williamson recounts in intimate and often humorous detail the chores and conversations that make up her days. She changes soiled bedsheets. She deploys "a full-scale tactical assault on the laundry pile with extreme prejudice (and a little bit of OxiClean)." She pushes Ensure on her ailing mom, and she makes sure her sister's Trump hat sits just right on her head as she watches Fox News. In one entry, Williamson writes, "Good to know the best and brightest minds in D.C. are focused on the real threat: a veteran from coal country who can operate a glucometer and a washing machine. Sometimes simultaneously."
