“I’ve got all kinds of slurs”: Gay Republican allegedly sends hate-filled message to trans lawmaker
The email raged at the Democrat for using the word “cis” in between calling her slurs. Out trans Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone (D) received an email claiming to be from gay Republican Rich Guggenheim, a major force behind the state’s anti-trans ballot initiative that Titone had spoken out against. In the email, Guggenheim called Titone anti-trans slurs, deadnamed her, and misgendered her. Colorado’s Proposition 134, the “Sex Requirement for School and College Sports Initiative,” would ban trans people from accessing school sports based on their gender, instead requiring children to participate in sports based on their “biological reproductive systems.” The policy for how that would be enforced would be left up to schools’ governing bodies, but would likely require children to undergo genital examinations. Guggenheim was a main proponent of Initiative 70, which was later adapted…
