Texas lawmaker Briscoe Cain calls anti-trans violence "dudes in dresses getting beat up"

By Mathew Rodriguez

https://m.mic.com/articles/168118/texas-lawmaker-briscoe-cain-calls-anti-trans-violence-dudes-in-dresses-getting-beat-up#.I8H6OhvRq

Briscoe Cain, a Republican state representative in Texas, dismissed the nationwide problem of anti-transgender violence at a panel discussion hosted by the Texas Tribune on Tuesday.

The Tribune's Evan Smith asked Cain to address the transgender community and critics of Senate Bill 6, one of two anti-trans bathroom bills currently proposed in the Texas legislature.

"It wasn't a problem when I was a child," he said. "Was it a problem when you were a kid? I don't remember dudes walking around in dresses getting beat up. It wasn't a thing, and now I think we're encouraging it."
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This is extremely disrespectful, dismissing us as trivial.  There is not even a hint of any attempt to understand the issue. 


It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
André Gide, Autumn Leaves

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Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: JeanetteLW on February 12, 2017, 01:18:17 PM
  What an ass. I found his twitter account and told him I hoped he rots in hell for his anti LGBTQ attitude.

  Pessed off,
   Jeanette

Perhaps a more measured and mature response would be more appropriate?  Even though his stance is ignorant, I would think helping him understand our true plight would be more beneficial than hurling insults.  My opinion is that being so abrasive would just give him fuel for his "dude in a dress" argument.

He is Tea Party.   Highly unlikely that he would listen to any pro-trans arguments as acknowledging anything would require him to abandon his worldview.


It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
André Gide, Autumn Leaves

Quote from: JeanetteLW on February 12, 2017, 01:43:09 PM
Perhaps I need another hit of estradiol.
Jeanette

Not to argue BUT,
I hate it when other Trans Woman I know make what could be seen as a sexist remark coming from a male.

It is akin to the old male crap of "It must be their time of month".

I'm sorry but my ideas and emotions are not controlled by my Hormonal levels.

"It wasn't a problem when I was a child," he said. "Was it a problem when you were a kid? I don't remember dudes walking around in dresses getting beat up. It wasn't a thing, and now I think we're encouraging it."
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Yes it was a problem. There were just not many of the resources available today. So to our shame we hid it. Feeling we were outcasts. Up until about 8 months ago I thought I was pretty much alone. and defective. Then I discovered this forum and realized I am not alone and have even found a likely justification for my gender confusion. Until research is continued there is no proof. But what is known makes all the sense in the world. From most of the posts I have read we came to this rather innocently as children which leaves one with the impression that something went wrong in utero, and can not possibly be a choice we came to easily. I know it was not a rash decision on my part, it was one of necessity to keep my family together. My dysphoria could no longer be ignored and while I have not gone out in public just the mental relief from no more secrets is such a great feeling. The day is coming when I go out but it is jerks like this that wonder if it is worth it. Then I read your stories and am inspired.

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Hugs, Devlyn

Don't mind my blonde moment, I thought you were saying that someone else (Staff) had deleted your post.

Hugs, Devlyn

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