SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom raised eyebrows this week along with his remarks about trans athletes competing in ladies’s sport. Chatting with conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on the inaugural episode of his podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom,” the governor referred to as it “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to compete in ladies’s and ladies’ sports activities.
Newsom’s remarks have been condemned by a number of members of his personal get together.
“Sometimes Gavin Newsom goes for the Profile in Courage, sometimes not,” stated California Assemblyman Chris Ward and State Sen. Carolina Menjivar, who head California’s LGBTQ legislative caucus. “We woke up profoundly sickened and frustrated by these remarks.”
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The remarks additionally drew a pointy rebuke from State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco).
“The Governor has had many courageous moments over the decades supporting LGBTQ people, including helping turbo-charge the marriage equality movement, protecting LGBTQ kids against forced outing and criminalization, and protecting trans people from criminalization in other states. He has taken significant political hits for doing so. I and so many will be forever grateful for that courage.”
On this Jan. 21, 2020, file photograph, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks at a information convention in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photograph/Wealthy Pedroncelli, File)
“This is not one of those moments,” Wiener continued. “Charlie Kirk is a vile bigot, and standing with him on this issue is profoundly disturbing.”
Wiener went on to slam “the Republican strategy to eliminate trans people” as creating “false moral panics — to falsely paint trans people as threats.”
The thought of trans athletes being a menace to ladies’s sports activities is one which has been broadly circulated in rightwing media circles. But, as Wiener identified in his assertion, the NCAA is conscious of fewer than 10 trans athletes at present competing in school sports activities.
Newsom, it must be famous, is broadly tipped to be contemplating a Democratic presidential run in 2028.
