South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Calls for Drag, Pronoun Ban at Colleges
She included the bans in a list of recommendations on improving South Dakota colleges and universities.
May 29 2023 11:00 AM
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She included the bans in a list of recommendations on improving South Dakota colleges and universities.
The level of religious rhetoric included in the messages makes for a script from the dystopian story, The Handmaids Tale.
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's approval was expected.
The South Dakota House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate, but not before the House's only out member, Kameron Nelson, spoke passionately against it.
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem accused the Transformation Project of "dividing our youth with radical ideologies."
Because the South Dakota State University students played host to a kid-friendly drag event, somebody sent a bomb threat targeting the LGBTQ+ group.
Nelson's victory restores LGBTQ+ representation in South Dakota.
There are four states with no out LGBTQ+ legislators, but that number could be cut in half with this year's election.
Morrison, who was shot to death in Rapid City, is being remembered as a "kindhearted, down to earth, joyous, respectful, and loving soul."
It's not just Florida -- Alabama, Tennessee, South Dakota, Utah, and Indiana have anti-LGBTQ+ laws coming into force now.
The teacher gave a letter to several high school students, referring to them by their deadnames and saying their gender assigned at birth was "the biological truth."
"It became glaringly evident that unchecked personal bias clouds judgment in this workplace," South Dakota journalist Stel Kline tweeted.
The bill has chilling implications for content pertaining to LGBTQ+ issues, race, gender, and more.
Amy Rambow says it shows Noem can "make laws but isn't willing to speak to the people she's making laws about."
Gov. Kristi Noem's action makes the state the first to enact an anti-trans law this year.
The votes on sports and restroom bills came a few days after the governor's chief of staff likened trans students to terrorists.
The ad, using the guise of "protecting" girls' and women's sports, has drawn condemnation from LGBTQ+ activists.
Noem issued trans-exclusionary executive orders after vetoing earlier legislation, and she says her new bill will avoid the problems of the previous one.
Gov. Kristi Noem's action comes after she sought changes to anti-trans legislation, drawing criticism from the right, and some now say she's trying to save face with conservatives.
Kristi Noem wants an anti-trans bill before her to exclude trans athetes only at the high school level, not college, but she's announced a coalition to resist sanctions for such policies.