California lesbian singer Tish Hyman confronted state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democratic congressional candidate, over his record on “transgender” policies and women’s safety after she said she was attacked in a Los Angeles gym locker room by a man who claims to be a woman.
Hyman told Wiener during a campaign event this month that the man watched her while she was naked in the women’s locker room at a Gold’s Gym. He was later revealed to have a domestic violence conviction that left his ex-wife with a broken jaw and reconstructive surgery, The Post Millennial reported. After his “transition,” he reportedly adopted his ex-wife’s name as his own.
“Can I please ask you a question?” Hyman asked Wiener at a campaign event this month. “As a lesbian woman who was attacked in a women’s locker room at Gold’s Gym this week by a self-identifying trans woman with a documented history of domestic violence, I’m deeply concerned about women’s safety in female-only spaces.”
“What would you say to women who are seeking assurance that their safety will be protected from men who, by California law, can self-identify as women in women’s only spaces, sir?” she asked.
Wiener responded that “everyone” should be safe, adding, “We also know that we have trans people, both men and women, who are men and women, and so, you know, so trans women are women.”
Wiener, an openly gay lawmaker, helped make California a “transgender sanctuary” where minors can receive sex-change treatments without parental consent, The Post Millennial reported. He has also described himself as a “drag queen advocate,” backed “gender-affirming care” for minors, supported “non-binary” designations on government IDs, and pushed to loosen a sex-offender law he said “disproportionately targets LGBT young people,” according to the New York Post.
Hyman pushed back against Wiener’s response, saying she respects some of his work but called his “trans” policies “dangerous for women and young children.”
“Millions of women in America are being harassed and sexually assaulted in locker rooms,” she said. “I’m a lesbian, black woman, I’m not transphobic, I’m not homophobic, and I do respect a lot of the things you’ve done, but I do see a lot of these bills that you’ve passed that are dangerous for women and young children, and I understand that you’re trying to be on a level playing field, and I’m here to represent my community, because I hear a lot of things about my community in these bills.”
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Caroline Molloy
