Two weeks ago, Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota signed a bill targeting transgender student athletes.
“Really? Last year was the deadliest on record for transgender Americans. You just passed a discriminatory bill that attacks trans kids who just want be themselves and play sports,” Newman said. “Want to figure out why LGBTQ+ youth are more prone to depression? It’s because of people like you.”
After Noem — who is widely considered a leading candidate for the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary race — signed the anti-trans measure, Cathryn Oakley of Human Rights Campaign said her “eagerness to pass a bill attacking transgender kids reveals that her national political aspirations override any sense of responsibility she has to fulfill her oath to protect South Dakotans.”
“Gov. Noem and South Dakota legislators need to stop playing games with vulnerable children,” added HRC’s legislative director and senior counsel. “Transgender children are children. They deserve the ability to play with their friends. This legislation isn’t solving an actual problem that South Dakota was facing: It is discrimination, plain and simple. Shame on Gov. Noem.”HRC, legislators introduced more than 250 anti-LGBTQ+ measures in 31 states and enacted 17 laws in 10 states.
Of the 600 LGBTQ+ people ages 13-24 who were surveyed, 55% reported symptoms of anxiety, 53% reported symptoms of depression, and 43% reported symptoms of both in the two weeks preceding the survey. The figures were even higher for trans and nonbinary youth, at 69%, 66%, and 61%, respectively.
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