Senator booed during commencement speech for referencing ‘existence of two sexes’

Published May 16, 2022 12:00am ET



College graduates booed a Wyoming senator giving a commencement address after she referenced the “existence of two sexes.”

GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis found herself on the receiving end of University of Wyoming students’ ire as she tried to make the case that government overreach has led legislators to think the government is the granter, rather than the protector, of rights and truths.

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