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We were discussing Newsom a couple weeks ago, but he just threw the trans community under the bus by vetoing a bill the legislature passed to codify that in custody hearings judges should take into account whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity.

https://twitter.com/lara_korte/status/1705414710554984674

He tries to hide it behind "well golly i think we shouldn't single out a single issue like this when determining the best interests of a child" but California (and many other states) already have issues like this included in the standards judges are supposed to use so vetoing one meant to protect trans kids specifically is just gross.

Judges still can consider it (and he also offers that fact up as a shield, but again, he's misrepresenting the situation wrt other "single characteristics") but just complete cravenness on his part and I think it's pretty inarguable he's doing it to try and position for a 2028 presidential run.