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The exchange began with an assertive question posed to Senator Wer, who is notably the only Black lesbian legislator present. The questioner, a woman who identified herself as a lesbian Black woman, recounted a recent assault at Gold’s Gym where she was attacked in a women’s locker room by a self-identifying trans woman with a documented history of domestic violence. Her concern was clear: how could women be assured of their safety in female-only spaces under the current laws that allow individuals to self-identify as women?