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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo

U.S. Rep. Keith Self cuts short committee hearing after colleague objects to him misgendering trans member


U.S. Rep. Keith Self, R-McKinney, abruptly adjourned a congressional hearing Tuesday after being confronted for misgendering U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride,the first openly transgender member of Congress.

The Europe Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs, which Self chairs, was meeting about arms control when Self introduced McBride by calling her, “Mr. McBride.”

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