Arkansas state Sen. Matt McKee directed the question at Little Rock pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig.
A Republican state senator in Arkansas asked a transgender pharmacist if she has a penis as she testified against a proposed law to ban transition drugs and procedures for minors.at Little Rock pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig during a Judiciary Committee earlier this week, drawing gasps and jeers from some in attendance., including one person who yelled out in the middle of the hearing, “Disgraceful.”, but that question was highly inappropriate,” said Herzig, who has a doctorate in pharmacy.
“I’m a health care professional, a doctor,” Herzig continued. “Please treat me as such. Next question, please.”“It was probably the most publicly humiliating thing I’ve ever gone through,” she told the outlet.TODAY in the Judiciary Committee, one Senator asked a doctor if she "has a penis" and another claimed that gender affirming care was a TikTok plot from China.
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