WARNING: Among posts supportive of transgender people, you may encounter transphobic items intended to assist in research and action to prevent transphobia.
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Eric Holcomb: Gender Hero
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Indiana who vetoed HB 1041 which made it illegal for athletes assigned male at birth to participate in girls’ sports from kindergarten through high school graduation, that veto overturned by the Indiana General Assembly on May 24, 2022.
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Brian Kemp: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Georgia who, on April 28, 2022, signed HB 1084, which established a committee with the authority to bar transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity (after an effort to ban them completely failed in the Georgia legislature).
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Asa Hutchinson: Gender Villain
Governor of U.S. state of Arkansas who, in March 2021, signed SB 354, a law that prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in elementary school through college.
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Doug Ducey: Gender Villain
Former governor of U.S. state of Arizona who, on March 30, 2022, signed into law SB 1165, which bans transgender female athletes from participating in girls’ interscholastic and intramural sports starting in kindergarten and running through college.
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Greg Abbott: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state Texas who on June 2, 2023, signed legislation barring transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care and who, on October 25, 2021, signed into law HB 25, which prohibits transgender student athletes from participating in school sports, and on June 15, 2023, signed SB 15, which extends the restriction to colleges.
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Andy Beshear: Gender Hero
Governor of U.S. state of Kentucky who vetoed state legislation that banned gender-affirming care for children and that banned transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity.
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Jon Bel Edwards: Gender Waffler
Democratic Governor of U.S. state of Louisiana who vetoed three transphobic anti-LGBT bills on June 30, 2023, but also on June 6, 2022, after previously vetoing a similar bill, declined to veto SB 44, which bans transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity at all public and some…
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Kay Ivey: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Alabama who on April 23, 2021, approved legislation to bar transgender students in elementary to high schools from participating in sports teams matching their gender identity and on May 30, 2023, extended the law to apply to public two- and four-year colleges in that state.
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Tate Reeves: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Mississippi who signed SB 2536 in March 2021 limiting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in sports and who signed House Bill 1125 on February 28, 2023, banning gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18.