1. Gov. Tony Evers has on multiple occasions pledged to veto any anti-LGBTQ+ bill that crosses his desk. Now, on Trans Day of Visibility, he delivered on that promise again, issuing five vetoes against anti-trans bills.
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Wisconsin Governor Evers Vetoes 5 Anti-Trans Bills On Trans Day Of Visibility
"I will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place," said the governor.
2. "My promise has always been that I will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids," Evers said. "It has been my honor to keep that promise over the course of two terms as governor."
3. Two of the bills, AB 100 and AB 102, would have instituted anti-trans sports bans—AB 100 targeting K-12 schools and AB 102 targeting the University of Wisconsin and technical college systems.
Evers said of these bills, "I object to codifying discrimination into state statute"
4. Another bill, AB 103, would have required school boards to adopt policies banning school staff from referring to any minor student by a name or pronouns that do not align with their "biological sex" without written authorization from both parents.
Evers had strong words for it too.
5. The remaining two bills targeted doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. AB 104 would have banned health care providers from performing, referring for, or even “causing the engagement” in gender-affirming medical interventions for anyone under 18.
6. SB 405 took a different approach, creating a civil cause of action allowing minors who received gender-affirming care to sue their providers for any "physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury" until the age of 33.
Evers had strong statements against these, too.
7. This is not the first time Evers has vetoed anti-trans and anti-queer legislation. In December 2023, Evers vetoed a Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and used his partial veto authority to protect Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoes trans youth care ban
Transgender youth will continue to have access to gender-affirming medical care, provided Gov. Tony Evers’ veto survives an override early next year.
Erin Reed
