Posted on 11/09/2025 3:33:14 AM PST by Salman
When Republicans first began using trans people as a political tool around 5 years ago, many Democrats were quick to oppose Republicans’ efforts to demonise the trans community. Accordingly, the federal government under Biden and Democratic-controlled states all passed laws to make their states more trans-friendly, providing valuable refuge against Republican policies. But upon Trump’s election last year, amid a firestorm of $200+ million worth of anti-trans attack ads, a handful of voices within the Democratic Party felt that this crucial support had been a mistake.
In the next few months, Democrats like New York Rep. Tom Suozzi, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, North Carolina Rep. Don Davis, and Texas Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, along with California Governor Gavin Newsom and a number of Democratic candidates and state-level politicians, all shifted to the right when it came to trans people—almost always on trans sports. Well, at least they did.
Last month, Newsom, after facing significant criticism, appeared to walk back his anti-trans trend and signed a number of major trans-related bills, including one protecting trans kids’ medical records from federal subpoenas and another that makes transition-related court processes confidential. And in an appearance on San Francisco-based radio station KQED two weeks ago, Newsom even somewhat moderated his stance on trans sports. Now, he’s saying that while he still disagrees with a blanket policy allowing trans athletes to participate, it shouldn’t be a political issue and that he also thinks outright banning them is wrong.
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The Democrats position on Transgender issues: If you don’t like our position now, you might like it in a half hour...It depends on the group of MORONS that we are speaking to. 😀
“When Republicans first began using trans people as a political tool….”
Nope. No bias there.
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What exactly is TRANS RIGHTS?
What they want is to force the world to play along with their sexual fantasy. And make everyone else pay for it, too.
It always boils down to this.
It sure would seem that this “trans” business is just a lot of hype, considering that (to my knowledge) a “trans or tranny” was an automotive transmission. Never heard of it being described differently until the last few years. What’s the deal? The babies are coming out of the womb just as they did since time immemorial as far as I know. The government has announced...correctly, I believe...that certain required documents will show a person as having only one of two known sexes. Can someone kindly explain why this just happenned a few years ago??
When Bush won because of traditional family values the democrats lost their minds. They decided to go full LGBTQ because they had Obama on the launch pad. They never even saw Trump coming.family Values is and will always be be what saves America.
Newsom is always in a suck up mode when it comes to votes he takes anything he can get.
He’s nearing the end of his political career due to all his poor judgment calls for California.
Transgenderism and LGBQXYZ are just forms of porn! Save the children and keep grooming out of schools, off the streets and off of tv.
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