Lauren Boebert complains about being called cisgender: It’s a slur!

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said last week, “I regard cisgender as a slur,” and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) just said that she agreed with him.

“I’m with Elon Musk, the word ‘cisgender’ is ridiculous and a slur,” she wrote over the weekend. “I’m a woman. I don’t need a qualifier.”

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Boebert has been fighting against “indoctrination” and “extremely divisive content” in schools. Now it turns out that she is the divisive content.

I’m with @ElonMusk, the word “cisgender” is ridiculous and a slur.

I’m a woman. I don’t need a qualifier.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 29, 2023

Neither Musk nor Boebert, though, could explain why they believe the word is a slur, nor did either offer a respectful term that they would prefer to be used to describe cisgender people. In fact, Boebert explicitly said that she does not want anyone to acknowledge that she is cisgender at all, which makes it seem like her problem isn’t with the word “cisgender” itself but with the fact that she has to acknowledge that other kinds of people exist.

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That is, pointing out that she is a cisgender woman implies that not all women are cisgender. She doesn’t like transgender people, as evidenced by her anti-transgender political positions, and that may be the real issue for her.

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Some people agreed with Boebert – writing transphobic comments like “There is no ‘cis’ there is only ‘sane'” – while others mocked her.

You are a slur

— Marti (@MartiGCummings) April 29, 2023

Don't worry – when I describe you I never use the word woman at all.

— Unlearn16 (@unlearn16tweet) April 29, 2023

See what you did there bobo? You declared yourself against a scientific term because it does not suit you…And yet you want to deny others that same right and respect

— Ken (@Ken74735) April 29, 2023

Of course you’re with him. You jump on other peoples bandwagons because you don’t have an original of your own.

— dburton (@VADem4Equality) April 29, 2023

Lauren Boebert is a slur

— Seth Kafila (@seth_kafila) April 29, 2023

No on "NEEDS" a qualifier.
It's about respect.
Which you have none of.
What. A. Shocker.

— Phantomgurl (@MelissaDaly326) April 29, 2023

You are not the victim ffs

— Muhammad Aadil MD | Psychiatrist (@m_aadil) April 29, 2023

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