Transgender Cherokee Lesbian Ryan Webb Interviewed by Matt Walsh - NPR Broadcasts Story About Josie, 16, Escaping Florida In Fear
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Women are women. And women are under threat.
To prove the point, The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh traveled this week to Delaware County, North Carolina:
“From the moment she chose to live her truth, Ryan Webb knew she was in the fight for her life,” said Walsh, describing the newly out liberated Cherokee lesbian who is also, historically significantly, the first woman of color to sit on that area’s county council.
“Many of the everyday experiences of women were new to her,” continues Walsh, “because until a few months ago this lesbian woman of color identified as a cis-gendered white man. Ryan knew her stunning bravery would make her a target, but she never anticipated the amount of hate she’d have to face from her new community.”
NPR also interviewed a woman this week, a young woman… Josie, who has felt under such threat that she has fled more than a thousand miles from home, to Rhode Island, to live with family members.
“It was time to make some tough decisions about what to bring and what to leave behind. The high school sophomore from St. Augustine, Florida sat on her bed one recent morning while her mom Sarah pulled clothes from her closet.
It held a trove of good memories — like the red dress Josie wore to the winter homecoming dance. And the pink cover-up she sported at a friend's pool party.”
NPR continues: “Josie … no longer feels welcome in Florida. Her family requested they be identified by their first names only, fearing retaliation in a state where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials have politicized and passed anti-trans policies in health care and education.”
"It's unbelievable how far the state has fallen," laments Josie.
“How does it feel to be brave?” asks Walsh.
“I never really looked at myself as being brave,” answered Ryan, inspiringly. “I’ve been told by others that it is brave… for those people I appreciate that.”
(It’s goosebumps to witness this woman’s fearlessness.)
Not every woman can show such resolve in the face of danger, however:
“Josie was terrified she would lose access to the hormones she takes to help her body align with her gender identity,” explains NPR.
“School has been challenging at times since Josie came out as trans in 8th grade. Some childhood friends ended up rejecting her.”
Ryan Webb knows rejection too, living it every day in the small community where, surely, everyone knows everyone, and everyone has a strong opinion about the county council:
“A young woman of color, stuck in a society that doesn’t see her pain,” explains Walsh, showing the depth of empathy for which he’s known.
Indeed, Ryan Webb’s lived experience came under fire from citizens, who dared to speak through a microphone, on camera, terrorizing a helplessly new woman.
One critic in particular, Charlize, dismissing the fact that Ryan used to be a man and is no longer a man, leveled Ryan, shocking the innocent lady with accusations usually reserved for, well… men, cruelly mis-gendering Ryan during her scathing public remarks.
Sensitive as always, Walsh offered a thoughtful warning to listeners, calling the mean-spirited accusations from Charlize “disturbing.”
“Last week,” raged Charlize, “Councilperson Ryan Webb announced publicly on social media and to several news outlets that he now identifies as a lesbian woman of color, retaining his male pronouns, and bragging that he is now - this is a quote - ‘the first LGBTQ+ woman of color ever to sit on the Delaware County Council.’ He is being disingenuous and his words not only embarrass himself, but you, the County Council.”
Suffering through her own Hell On Earth, NPR reported:
Josie noticed that at her school, stickers signifying that areas were ‘safe spaces’ for LGBTQ people had been taken off classroom doors.
Josie’s new school is nothing like the Florida gulag:
She loves seeing pride flags in the halls and plans to join the Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club. It all feels like a "bombardment of support."
Mrs. Webb - still much in love with her wife - waxed philosophical as Matt Walsh asked her to wonder out-loud about what this experience has been like and where it all might eventually take the little lady:
“It allows for a complete paradigm shift that I’d not contemplated before,” noted Ryan - now using the female version of the name previously written in its male form: “Ryan.”
She continued: “This process of self discovery, the journey of gender discovery and gender identity, it’s complex and often times it takes us places we never intended to go. Who knows? By the time this is all said and done, I could end up where I started.”
NPR:
Josie's parents say they will keep their pride flag waving in the front yard and advocate for equality while their daughter is away.
Read and listen to the NPR “Josie” story HERE.
And discover Ryan Webb’s journey into womanhood HERE.
Test Your Knowledge:
How many women are in this photograph?
A) 5 B) 4 C) 3
Answer: By definition, there can be no right answer.