California Gov. Gavin Newsom does not like being on Donald Trump’s side on any issue.
But when it comes to transgender girls and women in sports, particularly at the school level, the Democrat said he largely agrees with the Republican president. Newsom, one of his party’s leading White House prospects, believes it’s “deeply unfair” for people who are assigned male at birth to compete against girls.
“I don’t want to be on that side of it, but I’m being honest — I’d be lying to you if I said differently,” Newsom told The Associated Press as he was campaigning recently in South Carolina. “I haven’t been able to figure out how to make it fair from my perspective.”
Newsom is not alone.
While most Democratic officials remain steadfast supporters of the transgender community, an increasing number in red and blue states are distancing themselves from their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community’s policy priorities, such as allowing athletes to compete on teams that match their gender identity. The shift follows years of conservative attacks against Democrats on the divisive issue, which affects a relatively small number of transgender people and their families, but has emerged as one of Republicans’ most potent political weapons in the Trump era.
As in full acceptance? All of us in the LGBTQ community deserve rights. Women deserve rights. Not thus fake shit we have.
I fully assumed that our rights had been fought for and we were all pulling in the direction of progress. But but nah! Our voting rights, our basic rights, our rights to have an abortion or to own our own bodies, they are as permanent as a movie purchase on prime video. The moment the actual owners want to, boom, they’re gone. I don’t want this! I was promised unalienable rights, I got returnable Costco purchase rights… Use it for a little while and return them for a full refund.
If we get the heck out of this deep bullshit we are in, we need those rights engraved in stone. In removable, non refundable, complete and equal to everyone else’s.