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Sana Khan

Mexican President Apologizes For Misgendering Federal Lawmaker After Backlash

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Credit: AFP)

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made an apology on Tuesday for calling a transgender representative of his political party, Salma Luevano, a "man dressed as a woman."

López Obrador made the controversial remark over the weekend when he met with Luevano, one of the first transgender people to become a federal lawmaker, at a public event during which the president greeted the lawmaker with a kiss on the cheek.

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