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Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a birth certificate update ban as well as two DEI bans that explicitly included transgender people.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed three anti-transgender bills that had cleared the state’s Republican-controlled legislature.

One of the measures would have prohibited transgender individuals from updating the gender marker on their birth certificates—a process already mired in legal and bureaucratic hurdles due to existing law.

The other two bills targeted trans people in higher education and workplaces, continuing a broader pattern of attempts to restrict their rights in public life.

Hobbs, who has positioned herself as a consistent and vocal opponent of the anti-transgender agenda pushed by the right, has repeatedly used her veto authority to block similar efforts throughout her time in office.

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[–] mrwrinkles@lemm.ee 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thank heavens she won governor or AZ would be deeeep red. Someone told me all these Republican bills she's vetoing are performative, and they know she'll veto. Just to scare people.

[–] Poach@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Republican way. Cruelty is the point.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

truer words were never spoken.

they have no real values.

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Signaling to some sort of virtue, you say?

That’s what’s up

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Katie is right. Trans issues are not the most important right now.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m almost curious to know what kind of world these people live in where the issue comes up so often they feel the need to pass legislation. Can’t they leave people alone?

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So far I’ve heard from a few, including my mother, that it’s unnatural in gods eyes and needs stopped. No idea why this god is sitting on their ass, doing nothing. But hey, I’m an atheist and think this is the final death throes of a dying culture of hate.

[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

Or how God supposedly created all people in his image, but wait, no, not those people 🙄

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah the point is to continue to keep the dumb people fearing "the enemy" like ms-13 and trans people while the government is dismantled. As another commenter said, it's all performative.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago

I think an all powerful divine being is more than capable of stopping whatever he or she wants.

[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

If you believe their stories, God made Eve out of Adam. Eve was trans.

[–] Jellyman@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago

Good for AZ. You have a good one in office.