Ex-Congressman Details ‘Brainwashing’, Public Humiliation as Court Fines Him Over Trans Comments
A former Mexican congressman who was fined, forced to apologize, and punished by a court of law for calling a trans-identifying politician a “man who self-ascribes as a woman” is refusing to back down. Rodrigo Iván Cortés lost his appeal last month before the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power, with the court upholding a lower bench ruling.
Cortés, who was reportedly fined 19,244 Mexican pesos, forced to apologize on social media, and sent to re-education classes, is planning to take his case to an international court to defend his rights. “The self-evident truth is that a man can never be a woman,” he said, calling his punishment “deeply unjust.” “I’m going to make this a public point … and follow the international path in this issue.”
Cortés was accused of gender-based political violence for his comments on social media, but he explained the entire ordeal was sparked after he criticized bill by a transgender legislator he said was aimed at “punishing people of faith and ministers” even “if they quote the Bible.” “I express[ed] my rejection to that bill, because it was going to be an attempt against the religious freedom,” Cortés said. “I explained that this is a very important issue.”
Cortés took to social media to call the transgender legislator a man who self-describes as a woman – and that’s when he found himself at the center of a legal quagmire, with the offended legislator and others reportedly using the legal system against Cortés.
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