In a meeting with a california senator yesterday I was flat out told not to expect protections from the Govenors office. He is not a friend of the trans people in California.
Over the rest of his term we should not expect any meaningful movement from here on out.
I was looking at this legislation yesterday, thinking if Newsom didn't veto, it would automatically pass. I didn't feel the need to write his office. Wrong. He specifically vetoed it. The big question is why and the criteria that prompted his transphobe decision. It doesn't add up. As a healthcare provider who is transgender and feeling the threats from the federal government, Newsom again displays his slimy side for political gain. And we again get chucked under the bus.
He IS an ally to the trans community; however, given the powerful anti-trans reception to Trump’s hateful transphobic message of 2024, pure politics would require Newsom to “pick and choose” his message to modify his “California lefty” image to win swing state voters back. He simply cannot win if he does not do so.
Once in office, however, I believe you will find a man who IS an ally, a man who, like President Obama, “sees” the community.
But, politics is, well, political and the art and goal of politics is to win.
Newsom’s full political history would teach us to trust him. Therefore, I do.
What specific aspects of Newsom's full political history make you trust that his private views are more friendly towards trans people than his public statements?
You miss the point completely. That bill was introduced by Scott Weiner and wikipedia completely fails to mention an author of SB107. You are equating not vetoing a bill with introducing new ideas to make Trans People's lives better. One is passive. The other is active. Zohran Mamdani is suggesting new ideas to push the cause of trans rights forward. Gavin is signing bills, suggesting there are "Serious Concerns" with trans people playing sports while platforming white supremacists, and vetoing legislation that would help trans people in his state. Zohran is leading. Gavin is a roadblock.
I trust no politician. I am a single issue voter. My single issue is trans rights. Gavin is not leading on the issue of trans rights. Zohran Mamdani is leading on the issue of trans rights. Leaders lead. His "California Lefty" manufactured image fractures when placed next to Zohran's effective end run around Gavin from the left. Perhaps Gavin should take up some of Zohran's ideas.
That is how you LEAD on the issue of trans rights.
THAT HAVING BEEN SAID....
If Gavin took up some of Mamdani's ideas and implement them? I'd support Gavin for doing so. However my statement was about leading the trans moment in US politics. Gavin's stumbled repeatedly on trans issues this year alone, while Zohran is getting out in front on the issue of trans rights. I would love it if Gavin jumped out in front by suggesting new ideas and implementing some of Zohran's ideas. I want leaders who aren't afraid of trans rights. Leaders lead by getting out in front, not by taking a few steps forward and then a few steps back.
My comment is simply that to identify Newsom as anti-trans is a mistake.
Look to his entire career from his groundbreaking advocacy of gay marriage as mayor of San Francisco in 2004 to his very public support of the Transgender Youth Privacy Act in 2023 to his strengthening of that Act this year to include adults.
Newsom is very much an ally to the trans community (as is Mamdani; however my comment did not reference Mamdani nor did it seek to draw any comparison between the two men).
Presidential politics requires an understanding of the entirety of American sentiment and position. Newsom understands this and, from such an understanding, may well be president some day.
And, rest assured that if this happens, the trans community will have a very forceful advocate in the Oval Office.
People can change. Twenty years can change people a lot. Just look at trans people and how much we can change as people in twenty years. Agreeing with a white supremacist that there are 'concerns' about trans people in sports is not support. Vetoing bills that help trans people is not support. These are things Gavin is doing here and now. I judge a politician based on the here and now. Both of these points you have failed to address. You have continually side stepped Gavin's failings in recent memory while hailing a history of years passed. I want for you to be right. But sadly I do not live in 2004. I live in 2025. Gavin may have led on trans rights in 2004. I cannot recall anyone else leading on Trans Rights in 2004. But it's not 2004 anymore. It's 2025. Gavin has stumbled repeatedly in 2025. Zohran is leading. That is the point I was making.
To your point, my statement was Gavin Newsom is not a friend of trans people. Friends don't veto bills that would help trans people. Friends don't platform white supremacists and agree with white supremacists about "concerns" with trans people playing sports.
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Also CVS has a “vacation” option where you can get an extra month or or more once a year by telling them
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Other pharmacies may do this too. Also if you left your subscription in a restaurant and they threw it away sometimes you can go back to the pharmacist tell them what happened and get a replacement bottle for the one that was lost…
This is what I am talking about :) Good tips. Also, my organizing group is thinking of getting cis folks mainly over 50 getting on HRT for menopause, or if you are AMAB, you can get T too, I assume? Then we could host some speed dating, as you need to learn to be in solidarity with trans folks, and now, as you are taking hormones, you might want to exchange addresses for further understanding. ;)
When you look up the definition of snake oil salesman you will see a picture of Gavin Newsom! All he needs is the “Snidely Whiplash” mustache! He plays both sides like a virtuoso but deep down he’s just another Centrist Democrat who will never buck the oligarch class because he’s one of THEM! Don’t let him get anywhere near the White House because he’s not only worse than Trump in ambition he’s actually intelligent enough to steal us blind and make us feel good! Just Like Trump! He’s the Anti-MAGA for the Centrist Democrats but he’ll Never truly work for the American people! And we Don’t need or want a “Biden 2.0” in office! He will never be a friend to the LGBTQIA people and he will stab us in the back if it means he gets closer to the seat of power in Washington! Again…NO KINGS IN AMERICA! 👿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽
Go outside of insurance if necessary, buy an extra month here and there as financial situation allows. Absolutely it’s important to safeguard ourselves in a time when so many turn their backs.
We are not helpless, but we are for the most part alone.
The only thing Gavin Newsome has demonstrated he is good at is being a Twitter troll. That, and maybe being a decent stand-in for actor George Hamilton.
I will once again scream it for the ones in the cheap seats. Newsom is a republican pretending to not be to help them take over and turn this country into a new 1930s Germany
I never trusted Newsom and I think his excuse for veto of the bill is bullshit He has made negative responses to trans community before I do not trust him regardless of what bills he signs
She and Betty Lee will be seeking the Working Family Party's endorsement this week. I am heartened that BOTH of them want to be in line with WFP. I will vote for whoever is most like Zohran Mamdani!
Perhaps, though rare here, the Legislature can override his veto?
A two-thirds majority is what it takes and the votes are there: in the 80-member Assembly, that means at least 54 votes and in the 40-member Senate, that means at least 27 votes.
Can we drum up the support of our legislators to do so? I’ll contact mine this week and see if there is some (unknown to me) impediment to doing so.
We need to make certain this man is not the the DEM nominee for the 2028 election.
For sure - it is a real concern. He would not be the candidate that I would choose!
Talia, I agree 💯! Gavin is my governor and he never fails to disappoint me. These days, I cannot stand to even look at him. 😖
Gavin Newsom is no friend of trans people. "Rising health care costs"? We're 0.7% of the population.
In a meeting with a california senator yesterday I was flat out told not to expect protections from the Govenors office. He is not a friend of the trans people in California.
Over the rest of his term we should not expect any meaningful movement from here on out.
I was looking at this legislation yesterday, thinking if Newsom didn't veto, it would automatically pass. I didn't feel the need to write his office. Wrong. He specifically vetoed it. The big question is why and the criteria that prompted his transphobe decision. It doesn't add up. As a healthcare provider who is transgender and feeling the threats from the federal government, Newsom again displays his slimy side for political gain. And we again get chucked under the bus.
Any chance of a vote to override the veto? His reason is blatantly specious.
there has not been a veto override in California in decades. They're dumb and its a weird norm there.
The vote numbers seem to indicate it.
It would give him his beard too
Gavin Newsom is not a friend of trans people. If anyone is the leader of the trans movement in US Politics, it's Zohran Mamdani.
I strongly disagree.
He IS an ally to the trans community; however, given the powerful anti-trans reception to Trump’s hateful transphobic message of 2024, pure politics would require Newsom to “pick and choose” his message to modify his “California lefty” image to win swing state voters back. He simply cannot win if he does not do so.
Once in office, however, I believe you will find a man who IS an ally, a man who, like President Obama, “sees” the community.
But, politics is, well, political and the art and goal of politics is to win.
Newsom’s full political history would teach us to trust him. Therefore, I do.
What specific aspects of Newsom's full political history make you trust that his private views are more friendly towards trans people than his public statements?
Name one policy Newsom has suggested to improve the plight of the trans community.
I can provide many; however, here is one example:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Senate_Bill_107
You miss the point completely. That bill was introduced by Scott Weiner and wikipedia completely fails to mention an author of SB107. You are equating not vetoing a bill with introducing new ideas to make Trans People's lives better. One is passive. The other is active. Zohran Mamdani is suggesting new ideas to push the cause of trans rights forward. Gavin is signing bills, suggesting there are "Serious Concerns" with trans people playing sports while platforming white supremacists, and vetoing legislation that would help trans people in his state. Zohran is leading. Gavin is a roadblock.
I trust no politician. I am a single issue voter. My single issue is trans rights. Gavin is not leading on the issue of trans rights. Zohran Mamdani is leading on the issue of trans rights. Leaders lead. His "California Lefty" manufactured image fractures when placed next to Zohran's effective end run around Gavin from the left. Perhaps Gavin should take up some of Zohran's ideas.
https://youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?si=GnCuhmlqPo04X0L7
That is how you LEAD on the issue of trans rights.
THAT HAVING BEEN SAID....
If Gavin took up some of Mamdani's ideas and implement them? I'd support Gavin for doing so. However my statement was about leading the trans moment in US politics. Gavin's stumbled repeatedly on trans issues this year alone, while Zohran is getting out in front on the issue of trans rights. I would love it if Gavin jumped out in front by suggesting new ideas and implementing some of Zohran's ideas. I want leaders who aren't afraid of trans rights. Leaders lead by getting out in front, not by taking a few steps forward and then a few steps back.
No, I did not miss the point.
My comment is simply that to identify Newsom as anti-trans is a mistake.
Look to his entire career from his groundbreaking advocacy of gay marriage as mayor of San Francisco in 2004 to his very public support of the Transgender Youth Privacy Act in 2023 to his strengthening of that Act this year to include adults.
Newsom is very much an ally to the trans community (as is Mamdani; however my comment did not reference Mamdani nor did it seek to draw any comparison between the two men).
Presidential politics requires an understanding of the entirety of American sentiment and position. Newsom understands this and, from such an understanding, may well be president some day.
And, rest assured that if this happens, the trans community will have a very forceful advocate in the Oval Office.
This was my point.
People can change. Twenty years can change people a lot. Just look at trans people and how much we can change as people in twenty years. Agreeing with a white supremacist that there are 'concerns' about trans people in sports is not support. Vetoing bills that help trans people is not support. These are things Gavin is doing here and now. I judge a politician based on the here and now. Both of these points you have failed to address. You have continually side stepped Gavin's failings in recent memory while hailing a history of years passed. I want for you to be right. But sadly I do not live in 2004. I live in 2025. Gavin may have led on trans rights in 2004. I cannot recall anyone else leading on Trans Rights in 2004. But it's not 2004 anymore. It's 2025. Gavin has stumbled repeatedly in 2025. Zohran is leading. That is the point I was making.
To your point, my statement was Gavin Newsom is not a friend of trans people. Friends don't veto bills that would help trans people. Friends don't platform white supremacists and agree with white supremacists about "concerns" with trans people playing sports.
Therefore, we agree to disagree.
I haaate the Newsom love, what a dick.
Some Drs. will double your subscribed dose. Eg: Subscribe 4mg per day but you actually only take 2mg/day and save the extras.
Also CVS has a “vacation” option where you can get an extra month or or more once a year by telling them
you are traveling.
Other pharmacies may do this too. Also if you left your subscription in a restaurant and they threw it away sometimes you can go back to the pharmacist tell them what happened and get a replacement bottle for the one that was lost…
FYI here in WA my Costco had no problem filling out the whole prescription. So I was able to build up a 1 1/2 year emergency buffer.
This is what I am talking about :) Good tips. Also, my organizing group is thinking of getting cis folks mainly over 50 getting on HRT for menopause, or if you are AMAB, you can get T too, I assume? Then we could host some speed dating, as you need to learn to be in solidarity with trans folks, and now, as you are taking hormones, you might want to exchange addresses for further understanding. ;)
When you look up the definition of snake oil salesman you will see a picture of Gavin Newsom! All he needs is the “Snidely Whiplash” mustache! He plays both sides like a virtuoso but deep down he’s just another Centrist Democrat who will never buck the oligarch class because he’s one of THEM! Don’t let him get anywhere near the White House because he’s not only worse than Trump in ambition he’s actually intelligent enough to steal us blind and make us feel good! Just Like Trump! He’s the Anti-MAGA for the Centrist Democrats but he’ll Never truly work for the American people! And we Don’t need or want a “Biden 2.0” in office! He will never be a friend to the LGBTQIA people and he will stab us in the back if it means he gets closer to the seat of power in Washington! Again…NO KINGS IN AMERICA! 👿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽
Go outside of insurance if necessary, buy an extra month here and there as financial situation allows. Absolutely it’s important to safeguard ourselves in a time when so many turn their backs.
We are not helpless, but we are for the most part alone.
Drat burgers!! I missed that this one got vetoed 🥺 This was a big one. We have this in Washington State.
The only thing Gavin Newsome has demonstrated he is good at is being a Twitter troll. That, and maybe being a decent stand-in for actor George Hamilton.
I will once again scream it for the ones in the cheap seats. Newsom is a republican pretending to not be to help them take over and turn this country into a new 1930s Germany
I never trusted Newsom and I think his excuse for veto of the bill is bullshit He has made negative responses to trans community before I do not trust him regardless of what bills he signs
Who are the viable Democrats that could run against him for California governor?
Newsom is term-limited and can’t run again, actually. The current front-runner is probably Katie Porter but hard to say.
She and Betty Lee will be seeking the Working Family Party's endorsement this week. I am heartened that BOTH of them want to be in line with WFP. I will vote for whoever is most like Zohran Mamdani!
Perhaps, though rare here, the Legislature can override his veto?
A two-thirds majority is what it takes and the votes are there: in the 80-member Assembly, that means at least 54 votes and in the 40-member Senate, that means at least 27 votes.
Can we drum up the support of our legislators to do so? I’ll contact mine this week and see if there is some (unknown to me) impediment to doing so.