A Wyoming senator may have already apologized for insensitive comments about a man in a tutu,but it was too late to stop a tutu rebellion in his state.Republican Mike Enzi told a group of middle school and high school students in the town of Greybull on April 20 an anecdote about a man who goes to bars wearing a tutu and is always surprised that he gets in fights, reported the Greybull Standard.Enzi added: Well, he kind of asks for it.The comment was especially thoughtless because of the savage fatal torture in Laramie, Wyoming, nine years ago of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, who was attacked because he was gay. Strangely, Enzi made his comments as he was encouraging a little civility among people when he was asked what he was doing for the LGBTQ community. He noted, however, that you can be just about anything you want to be, as long as you dont push it in somebodys face.He has since apologized for his comments.The Wyoming Democratic Party quickly blasted Enzis remarks. Tell Senator Enzi that no one is asking for it when they wear the clothes that make them feel authentic in their sexual orientation or gender identity, stated a post on the partys Facebook page.Activists and supporters quicklygirded for battlein tutus. Students, teachers and other professionals are showing up at school, work, church and in bars in tutus as part of a popular new#LiveAndLetTutumovement, reports National Public Radio.The logo for the movement is an image of a buffalo bearing the state sealand wearing a tutu.Happy to see the #LiveAndLetTutu event on FB & this wonderful graphic of my home state flag. @SenatorEnzi I hope you apologize pic.twitter.com/6Xw8a6MYaK Kelsy Burke (@kelsyburke) April 26, 2017 People in Wyoming say #LiveAndLetTutu, after Sen. Mike Enzi told high-schoolers a man wearing a tutu to a bar "kind of asks for" a fight. pic.twitter.com/q5B74O5nne AJ+ (@ajplus) April 28, 2017 Supporters are arranging family game nights, tutu pub crawls and other eventsand posting lots of selfies on Twitter. People from other states are tutu-ing it in solidarity.#liveandlettutu at the Lander Bar pic.twitter.com/xPvVFx9sP7 Katherine Boehrer (@kboehrer) April 29, 2017 So Ali and I walked into a bar and asked for a beer. We got em,@SenatorEnzi. #liveandlettutu pic.twitter.com/uoViglV7cP Dave's not here (@writesdave) April 29, 2017 Sending love and support to the LGBTQ community in my home state of Wyoming from @Sketchbookbrew in Evanston, IL. #liveandlettutu pic.twitter.com/RVStn6JxaS Erin Lockwood (@erinkaylockwood) April 29, 2017 Bridger Houser with some West Coast #LiveAndLetTutu solidarity.https://t.co/alA0EwHa2r pic.twitter.com/fi8sX1lXfB Trevor Houser (@TrevorGHouser) April 29, 2017 @NPR thank you! Our tutus will be ruffling in the wyoming wind and our hearts are full of love #liveandlettutu #keepwyomingqueer WyomingEquality (@WyoEquality) April 28, 2017 One group, likely inspired by the homemade pussy hats of the womens march on Washington early this year, offered a tutu-making workshop in Laramie on Thursday. Though the upstart movement was done in a spirit of high-energy and brash fun, activists also cautioned that the activity has a serious message, noted NPR.Some of us wear tutus on a daily basis and I would really appreciate it if you didnt try and make a joke out of yourself while wearing one, wrote Ezra Hanson in a post on the Facebook page for the movement. Respect the cause, respect the oppressed.The senator issued an apology for his remarks on Tuesday.I regret a poor choice of words during part of my presentation, Enzi said in a statement. 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.He added:No person, including LGBT individuals, should feel unsafe in their community.#LiveandLetTutu My clothing doesn't give you the right to touch me. #LGBTQAlly pic.twitter.com/JyjiCk2IeX Siobhan Muir (@SiobhanMuir) April 28, 2017 The dogs getting into #liveandlettutu #wyoming #laradise @SenatorEnzi pic.twitter.com/zrjEKbrte8 Meg Wilson (@Megglizzard) April 28, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=58ff9d28e4b091e8c710f23d -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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