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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Jim Justice: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia signed into law HB 3293 on April 28, 2021, which mandates that transgender student athletes may not participate in girls’ sports in public elementary school, middle school, high school or college.
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Spencer Cox: Gender Hero
Republican Governor of Utah who vetoed H.B. 11, which bans transgender girls from participating on interscholastic sports teams consistent with their gender identity, then Utah lawmakers voted to override that veto on March 25, 2022.
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Bill Lee: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Tennessee who, in March 2021, signed a law requiring high school and middle school student athletes’ “gender for purposes of participation” in athletic events to be determined by their original birth certificate and who, in May 2022, signed into law a bill that bans transgender athletes from participating in…
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Henry McMaster: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of South Carolina who signed into law H4608 on May 16, 2022, which prohibits transgender boys and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity from elementary school through college.
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Kristi Noem: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of South Dakota who signed anti-transgender legislation in February 2023 that would strip doctors of their licenses for providing gender-affirming care and signed into law SB 46 on February 3, 2022, which bans transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity.
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Doug Burgum: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of North Dakota who signed into law HB1249 and HB1489 on April 11, 2023, which together place bans on female transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports at intramural and interscholastic levels, kindergarten through college.
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Roy Cooper: Gender Hero
Democratic Governor of U.S. state of North Carolina who vetoed HB 574, which bans transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams at most middle schools, high schools and colleges, but whose veto the North Carolina legislature overrode on August 16, 2023.
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Brad Little: Gender Villain
Governor of U.S. state of Idaho who signed legislation to prohibit trans people from changing the gender marker on their birth certificate and in March 2020, a law restricting transgender students’ access to sports, the first U.S. state to do so.
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Mike Parson: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Missouri who signed into law SB 39 on June 7, 2023, which prohibits transgender athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
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Jessica Tapia: Gender Villain
Former high school teacher who alleged the Jurupa Unified School District fired her for refusing to comply with gender-affirming policies and sued in May 2023.