{"id":1922320,"date":"2023-05-01T23:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republican-faces-liberal-outrage-after-he-jokes-that-hes-now-a-lesbian-trans-woman-of-color\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T23:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:16:25","slug":"indiana-republican-faces-liberal-outrage-after-he-jokes-that-hes-now-a-lesbian-trans-woman-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republican-faces-liberal-outrage-after-he-jokes-that-hes-now-a-lesbian-trans-woman-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Republican Faces Liberal Outrage After He Jokes That He&#8217;s Now a Lesbian Trans Woman of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-republican-faces-liberal-outrage-after-he-jokes-that-hes-now-a-lesbian-trans-woman-of-color%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Councilman Faces Calls for Resignation After Jokingly Coming Out as Transgender, Lesbian, Woman of Color<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Randy Webb (Via Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A Republican councilman in Indiana is facing backlash after he made a joke about being a transgender, lesbian, woman of color. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well,&#8221; Delaware County councilman Ryan Webb said in an April 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10210091469560329&#038;set=a.1016646593499\">Facebook post<\/a>. &#8220;I guess this would make me gay\/lesbian as well, since I am attracted to women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Webb added that he is &#8220;honored to be the one to shatter&#8221; the &#8220;glass ceiling&#8221; as the first lesbian woman of color on the county council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, his announcement was met with criticism from those saying his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republican-faces-liberal-outrage-after-he-jokes-that-hes-now-a-lesbian-trans-woman-of-color\/\" title=\"Indiana Republican Faces Liberal Outrage After He Jokes That He's Now a Lesbian Trans Woman of Color\">remarks mock real transgender people<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;His words not only embarrass himself, but you, the county council,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12031831\/White-Indiana-politician-sparks-outrage-proclaiming-lesbian-woman-color.html\">said<\/a> Charlize Jamieson, a constituent of Webb who is transgender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Webb has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-plans-massive-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-after-crisis-erupts-under-biden\/\" title=\"Mexico Plans Massive \u2018Crackdown\u2019 On Illegal Immigration After Crisis Erupts Under Biden\">faced death threats<\/a> over the joke post, the <em>Star Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestarpress.com\/story\/news\/local\/2023\/04\/20\/ryan-webb-muncie-county-council-member-now-identifies-as-woman-of-color\/70134376007\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Calls for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p><span>Six students <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12031831\/White-Indiana-politician-sparks-outrage-proclaiming-lesbian-woman-color.html\"><span>spoke<\/span><\/a><span> at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-hoosier-rep-changes-his-identity-to-woman-of-color-liberal-outrage-ensues\/\" title=\"Local Hoosier Rep. Changes His Identity To \u2018Woman Of Color,\u2019 Liberal Outrage Ensues\">recent council meeting<\/a> to call for his resignation, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> reported. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Transgenderism as a Political Issue<\/h3>\n<p><span>The incident comes as transgenderism has become a major political issue across the country. In Washington State and elsewhere, Democrats have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/washington-state-democrats-vote-to-hide-transgender-runaways-from-parents\/\"><span>moved<\/span><\/a><span> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-state-democrats-vote-to-hide-transgender-runaways-from-parents\/\" title=\"Washington State Democrats Vote to Hide Transgender Runaways From Parents\">hide transgender runaways<\/a> from their parents, while conservative states like Missouri have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/missouri-becomes-first-state-to-crack-down-on-sex-change-treatments-for-adults\/\"><span>cracked<\/span><\/a><span> down on medical treatments for transgender-identifying adults and children. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Biden administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-unveils-new-rules-on-inclusion-of-transgender-athletes\/\"><span>unveiled<\/span><\/a><span> new guidance last month requiring transgender athletes to be included in most sporting events. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well as a transgender lesbian! This Republican councilman from Indiana has caused quite a stir with his hilarious announcement. But not everyone is laughing. Some are calling for his resignation. What do you think? Is it time for him to step down or should we all just lighten up and enjoy the joke? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":1922321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[9712,5599,7006,5548,8736,5206,6955,3911,7037,3983],"class_list":["post-1922320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-color","tag-hes","tag-indiana","tag-jokes","tag-lesbian","tag-liberal","tag-outrage","tag-republican","tag-trans","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}