June 17 2025, 08:15 The past few weeks have been defined by a series of sequential ‘firsts’ for Nick Mollberg; not only did he testify before Congress for the first time in mid-May, but its also his first time experiencing internet stardom through a viral clip of his passionately direct speech on trans rights.
“What’s wild for me is, like, I’m not used to being internet famous. I’ve never gone viral before,” Mollberg tells PinkNews in an exclusive interview. “I’m just like, you know, holy cr*p, like I just did what I thought was morally right, I did not expect it to blow up or anything like that.”
In the waning hours of a brisk Monday evening (12 May), Nick, alongside several other public witnesses, took to the Texan Senate floor to decry yet another bill that attacked trans people in the state.
House Bill 229 sought to redefine Texas law so that it only recognised two sexes, male and female, essentially denying that trans people, intersex people, and gender-diverse people exist.
The Texas-born software engineer, fueled by a feeling of revulsion as he witnessed the State legislators supporting a bill that denied the existence of trans people, gave an undeniably abrasive and impassioned speech, telling Republicans to look him in the eyes as he called them cowards.
@pinknews Texan, Nick Mollberg, delivered a passionate speech on 15 May in the state Senate opposing the “Women’s Bill of Rights” that was passed last night, and that mandates state documents reflect an individual’s biological sex assigned at birth. He criticized the legislation as “bigoted”, and his remarks highlighted concerns that the bill could lead to increased discrimination and marginalization of the transgender community. #lgbtqia #texas #trans #transwomen #gender #senate