California said it will set up a safety net to protect transgender youth if the federal government won’t. A state budget just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom includes $26 million in one-time funding to protect access to healthcare for trans youth, according to LAist. Another $30 million was budgeted to cover funding gaps for providers after the Trump administration cut funding to the state’s Medi-Cal program and other revenue sources.
Yeah, Newsome is one of the biggest LGBTQ+ ally politicians ever. There’s no way he could be behind this. A guy who ordered his city hall to perform gay marriages even though it wasn’t federally legal would never support this.
The guy who went on Charlie kirks podcast? whose ex married don Jr?
I’m sure he doesn’t personally have a problem with cis white gays, but there’s a lot of evidence he’s willing to say whatever he thinks will land him the presidency.
Really? Podcasts and an ex? This is on par with the whole Obama’s tan suit thing.
I mean on the podcast he did say trans kids shouldnt be able to play sports.
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If that’s your attitude to the democratic front runner saying that trans people shouldn’t be in sports, then you need to get the fuck off of blahaj instances.
Telling a trans woman she doesn’t belong in a trans inclusive space just because she doesn’t share your raging hate boner for a milquetoast politician is something.
wait. you just made up a fake guy to be mad about. everyone is saying maybe don’t put this one politician on a pedestal and your reaction is “oh so you hate him”
maybe explain how this is good faith dialogue or go shout at some other wall somewhere else.
You’re literally not acting in good faith yourself. You’re trying to disingenuously reframe all these people nitpicking things like going on a podcasts as “not putting someone on a pedestal”
I don’t even like Newsome. I’m just taking the piss in an echo chamber.
So you agree with Newsom that trans people shouldn’t be allowed in certain parts of our society?
No
Yes as a trans person, trans rights are my top priority how shocking.
He said something transphobic, clearly he isn’t an ally to trans people.
Trans people have to purity test when it comes to Democrats.
The harsh truth is for trans people, it’s better for a Republican to win in 2028 than for an anti-trans Democrat. Republicans already hate trans folks. But if a Democrat that’s like Keir Starmer gets in, then both parties will be militantly anti-trans. Trans people would be better off with four more years out of power than with both parties against them.
Damn that’s some good satire. Almost had me fooled.
It’s not satire. And you apparently can’t think strategically. You have the electoral memory of a goldfish and can’t plan more than one election cycle ahead.
Yeah, I guess letting the people that criminalize our existence stay in power is much better than compromising with a neoliberal that has some disagreeable positions on sports.
Thanks for enlightening me.
The same biggest ally that killed investigations into sexual harassment at Activision after hefty campaign donations and vetoed a bill that would have allowed trans people to stockpile hormones? The same biggest ally that said he was totally aligned with Charlie Kirk on trans kids in sports? Wowee! With him on the case, queer liberation must only be days away!
You mean the unsubstantiated accusation that he interfered in that trial?
No. I mean the time that he, according to folks who worked for him at the time (2022), prevented them doing their jobs at the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
For those paying any attention, it’s been obvious that Newsom is scummy and willing to say/do whatever it takes to get power for a very long time.
Fair enough. I stand corrected.