https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHlhJL3IlsQ

Why would a buffalo be carrying a seal? The species live in completely different environments.

maybe its a great american land seal?

Or a water buffalo.

The Senator is being given too much credit here. A tutu revolution has been brewing in Wyoming for decades now.

Dressing and behaving differently from the crowd is provocative behavior, no matter who or where you are. I get reactions from people over having long hair and an earring in conservative places, both in the US and abroad, and sometimes for my clothing choices (I wear a head wrap when driving in my convertible with the top down so my hair doesn't whip around and get tangled). Sometimes those reactions are positive, sometimes negative, sometime I just get stares. If you're not willing to risk negative reactions, don't dress outside of the norm.

So in a sense the senator is right- the guy is acting provocatively and is complaining about the reactions he gets, without thinking about the fact that he's making a statement with his outfit, or deliberately ignoring it. If a woman went to a bar in a tutu she'd get some odd looks. A guy in a tutu is in essence saying, "Yeah, I'm different and shouting it out to the world."

If I go into the wrong bar wearing a shirt with an extreme political statement on it I'll probably get into a fight, like it or not. If I were to go into a bar wearing a kandoura and a guthra, I would definitely get some shit from people. This is why I don't do these things.

So while I'm pro LBGT, I can't say that I disagree with the Senator. Common sense has to prevail.

Meanwhile, though, kudos to those people in Wyoming making a strong statement supporting LBGT.

The problem comes when people consider physical violence to be a justified reaction to the way a person is dressed. Particularly violence used to enforce masculine norms. The idea that a man in a tutu is just too much provocation for a Wyomingite to bear is pretty gross.

It's also worth noting that we don't hear from the tutu wearer here about what he expects, we hear from a Senator who is looking to find an example of LGBT people "pushing (their identity) in somebody’s face" to explain to middle school students why he hasn't done much for LGBT rights (you know, because they're so queer and weird and in your face with not pretending they don't exist).

In a bar with drunk people violence is no great surprise, frankly. It shouldn't be that way, of course, but we also shouldn't have poverty and greed, ya know? Violence and alcohol go together.



It's not just about masculine norms, as I stated above. Go into a bar in Burlington VT wearing a swastika and see what happens. (An extreme example, but still.) Doing something that you know will outrage people and then being surprised when they react badly is either incredibly naive or trolling.

I too would love to hear from the guy in the tutu. It would be interesting to hear what he has to say about it all.

The guy in the tutu doesn't exist, does he? Surely the senator just made that shit up.

The Senator may have made him up, but there was a guy who fit the description. Wyoming men wear tutus in protest of Senator’s victim-blaming comments

Also, if I was in a redneck bar, and a guy came in wearing a tutu, I would leave him the fuck alone.

I always leave everyone alone, but that's just me.

*slaps forehead*
I never even thought of that.