Governor Gavin Newsom signed several transgender-related bills into law.

Photo: Courtesy Governor’s Office

Transgender, nonbinary and queer Californians will see improved health care privacy and access due to a number of bills Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law. Yet, Newsom also vetoed a bill aimed at improving health care access for intersex individuals and others.

His doing so comes amid months of criticism directed at the likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender over his comments in podcasts and the press supportive of preventing trans women and girls from playing on women’s athletics teams as a matter of “fairness.”   October 13 Newsom signed Senate Bill 59 authored by gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and known as the Transgender Privacy Act. It will requ

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