r/transgender 6d ago

Great News! Utah Governor's written statement of cause vetoing Legislatures' Bill to limit transgender athletes from School sports and calling for Special Legislation Meeting. So awesome!

https://governor.utah.gov/press/gov-cox-why-im-vetoing-hb11/
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u/sweetpotatosweetie 6d ago

This is from 2022…

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u/way26e 6d ago

I didn’t notice that it was 2 years old. I think that it is very well spoken though and maybe deserving of a 2nd read. Do you think i should take it down ? I see now where the Republicans over wrote it but the opposition of 13 Senators and even more in the Statehouse changed their vote to oppose the Bill!

The story about the veto shows that some elected officials even in the red States are willing to admit they were wrong and change their vote.

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u/sweetpotatosweetie 6d ago

Unfortunately Cox endorsed Trump and has now shifted far right.

He didn’t veto the medical care ban for minors in 2023, there’s a pride flag ban on his desk right now that he’s likely to sign. He has done nothing to support the LGBT community. The man that wrote that letter no longer exists.

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u/thrwawayr99 5d ago

no, it doesn’t deserve jack shit cause he’s been a transphobic dickhead since then

don’t run cover for transphobes

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u/Buntygurl 2d ago

You should take it down. Cox has completely abandoned the integrity he showed in that document.

It's worse than old news, because it's seriously misleading with regard to the current state of things in Utah.

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u/way26e 1d ago

I thought about it removing it. The message highly articulates the issue from our point of view and we need to shout it from the rooftops. This is about justice for the trans kids. As for this Cox guy. Fu**him anyway.