For a group of people constantly angry about the so-called LGBTQ "agenda," conservatives sure do seem to have a penchant for politicizing everything they possibly can in order to spin their anti-LGBTQ one.
Take, for example, far-right Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, for whom even Father's Day can't just be left well enough alone.
Rather than, say, honoring her father like a normal person, Boebert used the holiday as an opportunity to lash out at trans and non-binary people with a snide and mocking tweet.
Happy Father\u2019s Day to all the non-birthing people.— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1624212156
Boebert's tweet was in reference to proponents of inclusive language for trans and non-binary people, who have for example suggested using terminology like "people who menstruate" instead of "women" in order to be inclusive of transgender and non-binary people in medical settings.
Such terms have caused much consternation among conservatives and even some liberals like author of the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling, who has claimed such terminology erases cisgender women's marginalization.
Boebert has a long-standing obsession with with other people's gender identity. She's previously mocked gender identity by tweeting that her preferred pronoun is "patriot" and musing whether Disney will one day change the iconic Star Wars line to "Luke, I am your parent" instead of "father."
To be more inclusive will Disney change Darth Vader's iconic line to, "Luke, I am your parent"?— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1614444833
And apparently for Boebert nothing says "Happy Father's Day" like mocking a marginalized group--during Pride Month, no less--that is routinely murdered in cold blood.
Just six months into the year, 2021 is shaping up to be the deadliest on record for transgender people, according to the Human Rights Campaign. As of June 14, there have been 28 documented murders of transgender people this year--more than were killed in an entire twelve-month period for the previous six years.
That death toll has skyrocketed at the same time as conservative politicians countrywide, often with the explicit support of federal-level politicians like Boebert, have waged an all-out assault on transgender people and transgender children in particular.
On Twitter, people were definitely weirded out by Boebert choosing Father's Day to trot out her strange gender-identity obsession--and they dragged her to filth for it.
Can you be a normal human being just once?— MrStinkyBooG (@MrStinkyBooG) 1624212488
You can\u2019t even say happy Father\u2019s Day without politicizing it.— Ryan Frieden (@Ryan Frieden) 1624217957
Are you actually wishing people who\u2019ve adopted children and gay couples - a happy Father\u2019s Day? (They are \u201cnon-birthing people\u201d) @laurenboebert - supporting the #LGBTQ community now?— Nic (@Nic) 1624216105
My 6 year old adopted daughter laughs at your inability to act like an adult.— K.C. Banks - Chronic Re-Tweeter (@K.C. Banks - Chronic Re-Tweeter) 1624218967
Yeah I mean why not take an innocuous day to celebrate dad and turn it into a way to insult people - can\u2019t wait to see what you do with thanksgiving.— Allen Altcoin (@Allen Altcoin) 1624230179
That makes no sense at all - as expected.— Dr. Jo Kujo (@Dr. Jo Kujo) 1624212302
Serious question: What is wrong with you?https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1406673855796629509\u00a0\u2026— Red (@Red) 1624220890
My god you\u2019re stupidhttps://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1406673855796629509\u00a0\u2026— M-A.StayFuckin\u2019Legit\ud83d\udd95\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\u2618\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25 (@M-A.StayFuckin\u2019Legit\ud83d\udd95\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\u2618\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25) 1624225775
Others gave a sarcastic "Happy Father's Day" salute to Boebert's husband, and father of her four sons, Jayson, a convicted sex offender who exposed himself to underage girls in a bowling alley in 2004.
Happy father's day to all those who haven't flashed their junk to teens at a bowling ally.— T. witter's ucking me again. (@T. witter's ucking me again.) 1624212648
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there who have never been arrested for showing their dicks to minors while their wives watched!https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1406673855796629509\u00a0\u2026— Dara Does Deep State, Esq. (@Dara Does Deep State, Esq.) 1624216883
Boebert\u2019s future husband, Jayson, also had brushes with law enforcement. In January 2004, he was arrested after allegedly exposing his penis to two women at a bowling alley, according to an arrest affidavit.https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-and-husband-have-racked-up-arrests/\u00a0\u2026— Tina Henderson (@Tina Henderson) 1624217813
Jayson Boebert pled guilty to charges of public indecency and lewd exposure stemming from that incident, and served a four-day jail sentence two years on probation.