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Margaret Cho eviscerates Nancy Mace for 'disgusting' anti-trans bullying of Sarah McBride

The Out100 honoree also urged LGBTQ+ adults to "stand tall" for queer youth in the face of hatred.

Comedian and "bicon" Margaret Cho was on stage at the 2024 Out100 event Wednesday in Los Angeles, making a call to action to show queer kids that they can grow up to be happy. She urged queer adults to "stand tall and stand proud and look happy" even when it seems hard.

After joking that she was suffering from "insomala" after Kamala Harris' loss in the election, Out100 honoree Cho didn't mince words when calling out U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace for her anti-trans bathroom bills.

Margaret Cho

"Fuck Nancy Mace and these hideous anti-trans-woman bathroom laws in Congress," Cho said. "It's disgusting, they're just trying to bully Sarah McBride, who's coming in, she's the first trans woman elected to Congress…and Nancy Mace is just bullying her. I hope she contracts the most antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infection ever and is forced to wipe back-to-front for the rest of your life. May you never get cranberry juice, bitch!"

The South Carolina Republican was behind a resolution banning transgender women from using women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol. Mace later confirmed that the rule was "absolutely" targeting newly-elected Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, the first-ever out transgender lawmaker in Congress.

At the Out100, Cho then turned her focus on how LGBTQ+ adults can be there for trans youth in the difficult times after the election. "What happened, is it affected trans youth, gay youth, queer youth, nonbinary youth everywhere. There was a spike 700 percent for teen suicide hotlines amongst gay youth," she said. "It's so upsetting, so we have to protect the youth. So what we have to do as gay adults is we have to look happy all the time. Because gay kids will see you, so you gotta stand tall and stand proud and look happy. Because these gay kids will see you and they will realize that they will be able to grow up, that it's possible to grow up happy."

"So hold your partners hand even if you fucking hate them," Cho joked. "Even if you have to dig your fingernails into their palm, even if you want to snap that CPAP machine right off their face every night, fucking just look happy and do it for the children."

Other Out100 honorees who took the stage include Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who was named the Icon of the Year, and Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph, who was named Advocate of the Year.

Mey Rude

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

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Mey Rude

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

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It Gets Better crossword puzzle brings back Trump's banned words

The puzzle includes words like "transgender" and "activism" discouraged from use by the Trump administration.

It Gets Better has found a clever new way to highlight some of the many words the Trump administration is trying to erase from government records.

The LGBTQ+ advocacy group, whose mission "to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe," has released a new online crossword puzzle using only words and terms that have been banned or discouraged from use by the Trump administration.

The website says that "under the Trump administration, nearly 200 words and phrases — many tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion — have been flagged for removal or limited use in federal agencies. Some of these words were erased from government websites. Others were used to flag grant proposals and policies for review."

"So while the government may try to erase certain language, we’re bringing it back — one clue at a time," the site continues. "Test your knowledge with our Banned Words crossword puzzle, featuring just a small selection of the many terms this administration wants to disappear. Because no matter how hard they try, our words — and our stories — aren’t going anywhere."

The Trump administration has a long list of words including "activism," "assigned female at birth," "assigned male at birth," "feminism," "diversity," "LGBT," "transsexual," "unconscious bias," "underprivileged," and more that were barred or discouraged from use in federal documents, websites, memos, and guidelines, according to The New York Times.

One example is the erasure of the "T" from the LGBTQ+ acronym and references to trans people from the Stonewall National Monument's official website.

"The Stonewall Uprising – a monumental moment in the fight for LGBTQ rights – would not have happened without the leadership of transgender and gender non-conforming people," said GLAAD in a statement. "The tireless work of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and countless other trans women of color paved the way and continue to inspire us."

Play the crossword at ItGetsBetter.org.

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