Newsom said that defending trans rights was what lost Democrats the election, and called for Dems to abandon that cause as a result. When someone says that human rights aren't worth defending, they are no longer someone we can trust. That is how we got here in the first place.
And before anyone gets into it: yes, this is transphobia, because agreeing with someone who is calling trans women 'men' is transphobic. There is also this article with additional info on his more recent actions: www.erininthemorning.com/p/gavin-news...
I’m not defending them but the right villainized trans people with propaganda, which is inhumane and disgusting, I just don’t know how they are going to undo this cult like behavior
We start by rejecting their talking points, and not platforming people who hold and promote those talking points. If we allow their lies to be the only voice in the room talking about this subject, then we allow them to win by default. Speaking up and calling them out is the first line of defense.
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The notable point is that he went on Charlie Kirk's podcast specifically to talk about 'shared values', and one of them was agrering that it wasn't fair that "The young man who’s about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports".
Heaps of valid criticisms of Newsom but have you run a comparative analysis of CA governors to examine which ones have done the most to advance the rights of the LGBTQ+ community? Newsom platforming MAGAs recently has more to do with securing disaster relief funds than anything. That’s politics.
