Two weeks after banning transgender kids from joining sports teams that match their identity, GOP South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says 'I don't know' when asked why she thinks so many LGBTQ+ people are diagnosed with anxiety or depression.
a law banning transgender students from joining sports teams that match their gender identity, the Republican came under fire Thursday for her apparent ignorance of difficulties faced by many LGBTQ+ people.
During a press briefing, reporter Kyle Ireland asked Noem:"There's a statistic circling around right now that 90% of South Dakota's LGBTQ community is diagnosed with either anxiety or depression.
The NCLR also highlighted that similar measures are being considered and enacted in several other states, and reiterated that such policies"will have LONG-TERM and SERIOUS ramifications for the mental health and well-being" of the young people targeted. After Noem—who is widely considered a leading candidate for the GOP's 2024 presidential primary race—signed the anti-trans measure, Cathryn Oakley of Human Rights Campaign said her"eagerness to pass a bill attacking transgender kids reveals that her national political aspirations override any sense of responsibility she has to fulfill her oath to protect South Dakotans."
"Gov. Noem and South Dakota legislators need to stop playing games with vulnerable children," added HRC's legislative director and senior counsel."Transgender children are children. They deserve the ability to play with their friends. This legislation isn't solving an actual problem that South Dakota was facing: It is discrimination, plain and simple. Shame on Gov. Noem.
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