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By Sarah Polus | The Hill
Arizona Republican State Rep. John Fillmore compared non-cisgendered people to chickens during a House Government and Elections Committee meeting Wednesday, KPNX reports.
“I don’t believe that we as a society should have all of the different binaries identified,” Fillmore said. “What’s going to happen when someday someone wakes up and they want to go to a far extreme and identify as a chicken or something for crying out loud. Where do we draw the line?”
Fillmore made the comments while explaining his proposed bill, which would limit gender identification options to male or female on any documentation issued by any state agency, board, commission or department.
If someone has successfully completed a sex change from one gender to another, they could then change their gender identity on their documentation, Fillmore argued.
Should House Bill 2725 pass, gender non-confirming Arizona residents won’t have a proper identity option in their documentation.
State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D) denounced the bill, calling it “harmful,” according to KPNX.
