Alabama county official questions if a ‘queer transgender man’ has a ‘wee-wee’
An Alabama county commissioner was temporarily booted from a social media site after he made a post questioning whether a “queer transgender man” is straight or has a “wee-wee.”
“So, is a Queer Transgender man straight or what, does it have a wee-wee or not?” Hale County Commissioner Don Wallace wrote on LinkedIn in a post that has since been taken down.
Wallace ended the remark asking “WTH is the University of Alabama teaching and wasting our tax dollars on?”
In an email to AL.com, Wallace said he made the post “in frustration regarding reports of spending decisions by the university and others.
“The priority evidenced by decisions made, including the UA System, leave children taken to school on unsafe roads, areas where emergency vehicles will not respond, or places like UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park that is lacking in maintenance and presentation of ancient Native American grounds,” Wallace said.
The Hale County Commissioner said LinkedIn took the post down and he was not able to log in to the site for 24 hours after a user complained. The social media company could not be reached to confirm Wallace’s account.
“My questioning is related to the priority of spending when many poorer counties like Hale, Pickens, Sumter and others across this state cannot keep up with basic infrastructure needs,” the county commissioner continued. “I cannot even begin to count the number of roads in unacceptable condition, for which the money will not stretch far and fast enough.”
Wallace claimed that the University of Alabama, which he attended, prioritized diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory programs.
“I used what I believe to be a made up reference that doesn’t apply to anyone from what I can tell, and questions why my University is spending so many resources on related DEI/CRT programs when we aren’t even taking proper care of other responsibilities,” he said.
“It was used as an absurd reference to demonstrate the questionable spending decisions made by government and related entities. I certainly would not try to dehumanize anyone, and if this were a legitimate group based on race, gender, or lifestyle choice, I would gladly apologize. While people’s private lives are their own, the spending of our money affects all of us when it comes to issues shared in common.”