Broad record of supporting LGBTQ+ rights • Since then, Newsom has taken significant pro-LGBTQ+ actions: Declared California a sanctuary state for transgender youth in 2022 Issued official Pride Month proclamations, Fined a school district for rejecting a Harvey Milk biography,
Signed the Safety Act in 2024, which protects educators from having to disclose a student’s gender identity without consent
There are no credible source indicates he explicitly blamed his predecessor for expanding trans rights or that he personally opposed them wholesale.