Democrats largely keep away from transgender points in Axios questions forward of 2028

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Just one out of almost 20 Democrats who could run for president would say definitively {that a} man can not turn out to be a lady, in accordance with a brand new report.

Axios questioned prime Democrats who're thought of potential 2028 hopefuls on trans points, and located that "most didn’t wish to discuss," together with former Vice President Kamala Harris, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The questions had been whether or not transgender ladies who had been born male ought to take part in ladies' sports activities, whether or not transgender youths underneath 18 must be allowed to be positioned on puberty blockers and hormones, and, "Can a person turn out to be a lady?"

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Solely former Chicago Mayor Rahn Emanuel would definitively reply, saying his responses had been unchanged from an interview last year when he mentioned a person cannot turn out to be a lady and organic boys should not play in ladies' sports activities.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg additionally responded to the questions.

Shapiro doubled down on his earlier feedback that native sports activities officers must be those answerable for figuring out the participation of transgender athletes in sports activities, however his private view was that trans youths do not deserve an "unfair benefit on the enjoying area."

A spokesperson for Buttigieg referred Axios to an NPR interview he gave final yr, the place he acknowledged "critical equity points" within the trans athlete sports activities debate and referred to as for compassion for transgender individuals.

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Newsom spoke on his podcast final week with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on the topic, with Shapiro accusing him of dodging the query of "whether or not boys can turn out to be ladies."

Newsom stumbled upon answering, saying, "Yeah, I simply do not — Properly, I believe, for the grace of God. Yeah."

As Shapiro requested why it was arduous to reply, Newsom mentioned they had been speaking about "so few individuals."

"We're speaking about so few individuals which can be fighting gender id points. A number of exceptional individuals, a number of wildly profitable individuals, they usually've gone on of their life to have unbelievable lives. I do not know. There's a lot hate and bigotry, a lot condemnation."

Shapiro mentioned it wasn't an act of bigotry to declare boys can not turn out to be ladies.

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Newsom, extensively thought of a frontrunner if he makes an anticipated bid for the 2028 nomination, mentioned throughout a discussion last year with Charlie Kirk that it was "deeply unfair" for transgender females to compete in ladies' sports activities.