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I find uses from Glinner and Mumsnet going back to 2021, and hardly anywhere else. "Bepenised" from similar sources goes back at least to 2017.
given how trans hate makes you isolate there's no way it wasn't someone forced to find a diplomatic way out of a conversation they didn't want to have.
When I read that, I kept thinking of the bit in Dr. Strangelove when it noticeably dawns on Group Captain Mandrake that General Ripper is a) deadly serious and b) there's no escape.
I think if it were someone who worked for her, they wouldn't let her know about their political views.
Her kids are in their 20s. Wonder if she cornered one of their friends...