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Texas Congressman Steve Stockman needs to be schooled in gender-identity

Steve Stockman

“[I]t’s called a women’s act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that — how is that a woman?”

— Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) airs his complaints about the expansion of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to included protections for transgender people. (Think Progress)

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