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Last week, Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi said men who dress flamboyantly or cross-dress are “asking” to be assaulted. The good people of Wyoming responded with a mass bar crawl and public display of solidarity – wearing tutus. 

“Honestly, this is what we do in Wyoming. Straight men all over the state are going to be joining their LGBTQ siblings and wearing tutus, buying their queer friends drinks and having a great time,” Equality Wyoming’s Sara Burlingame wrote. “It is a great time to be in the Equality State where we talk out differences and show up for each other — with or without tutus.” […]

“We always say that in Wyoming you can be just about anything you want to be, as long as you don’t push it in somebody’s face,” Enzi told students from Greybull High School and Middle School. “I know a guy who wears a tutu and goes to bars on Friday night and is always surprised that he gets in fights. Well, he kind of asks for it. That’s the way that he winds up with that kind of problem.”

The senator later apologized for his choice of words on Tuesday.

“I regret a poor choice of words during part of my presentation,” he said. “None of us is infallible and I apologize to anyone who has taken offense. No offense was intended. Quite the opposite in fact, and so I ask for your understanding as well.” 

Wyoming! Incredible response to ignorance. I love this. (via LGBTQ Nation)