A Colorado resident was removed while giving testimony on a controversial bill to the state House Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
“Sex matters, it matters in prisons, it matters in sports, it matters in my bathroom, misgender is nothing, it means nothing,” the woman says to the committee as trans members of the of audience hiss. “So, the person this bill is written after it is, is, is literally an admitted former prostitute and other literature and he works with Children.”
According to the bill’s sponsor, HB 24-1071 or “Tiara’s Law,” aims to simplify the process of legally changing names for convicted felons seeking gender affirming care while incarcerated. It was inspired by Tiara Latrice Kelley, a transgender drag queen with a lengthy criminal history who has been convicted of at least three sex crimes in Florida.