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THE BIG FOUR’S COLORADO BLUEPRINT: How Four Wealthy Donors Flipped a Red State (and Artificially Accelerated Transgender and Gender Identity Policies Through Massive Funding, Not Grassroots Momentum)
Picture Colorado in the summer of 2004: a solidly Republican state where the GOP controlled the governor’s mansion, both legislative chambers, most congressional seats, and key statewide offices. Four wealthy Democrats: Tim Gill, Pat Stryker, Jared Polis, and Rutt Bridges, gathered quietly and launched what they called “The Blueprint.” It wasn’t a spontaneous uprising of everyday voters but a calculated, venture capital-style operation funded by their personal fortunes. As detailed in the 2010 book 'The Blueprint' by Adam Schrager and former Republican legislator Rob Witwer, the 2014 documentary 'Rocky Mountain Heist', and Jennifer Bilek’s 2020 First Things article “The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement,” this effort first seized political power for the Democrats in recent times in Colorado. Then it built a sophisticated funding machine that critics say unnaturally and artificially propelled transgender and gender identity policies forward: not through broad, organic grassroots support from ordinary people, but through coordinated billions from a handful of ultra-wealthy donors operating largely out of public view.
What started as targeted electoral spending evolved into a top-down philanthropy network that amplified “gender identity ideology” globally and in Colorado law. Early gay rights efforts had roots in small, community-driven groups facing real stigma. After gay marriage become legal, the push for transgender policies appeared to be a natural next step - but it was heavily engineered by elite money, secretive strategy sessions, and international channels. The result? Rapid policy changes that many feel outpaced public consensus.
The Gang of Four and the 2004 Electoral “Heist”
The group, nicknamed the “Gang of Four” or “Four Horsemen", bypassed traditional party structures by forming the Colorado Democracy Alliance. They funneled millions through 527 independent-expenditure groups, voter-turnout operations, and aligned nonprofits, treating politics like a startup investment.
- Tim Gill, Quark software founder, sold his stake in 1999 for about $500 million. Motivated by Colorado’s 1992 Amendment 2 (an anti-gay measure later overturned), he endowed the Gill Foundation with roughly $200 million (inflation-adjusted) for LGBT causes. It has since granted hundreds of millions more to the transgender cause.
- Pat Stryker, medical-device heiress to Stryker Corporation, channeled funds through her Bohemian Foundation.
- Jared Polis, openly gay ProFlowers entrepreneur (now Colorado’s governor since 2019), and Rutt Bridges, software & petroleum entrepreneur, completed this quartet.
In 2004, their donations overwhelmed Republicans: Stryker spending over $850,000, Gill nearly $775,000, Polis and Bridges over $400,000 each. Of $3.6 million in 527 organizations spending, nearly two-thirds came from these four. Democrats flipped both legislative chambers, for the first time in decades. By 2006, they added the governorship and more seats. Total early spending exceeded $20 million, locking in a Democratic “trifecta” that has endured for two decades.
'The Blueprint' explains the mechanics in plain terms: dubiously-funded nonprofits, targeted ads, and ground games that caught the GOP flat-footed. The 'Rocky Mountain Heist' documentary calls it a “heist” by a “shadowy cabal,” visualizing a “blue blob” spreading from Colorado as a warning of national replication.
The Funding Pipeline: From Electoral Power to LGBT Philanthropy
Bilek’s article ties this political takeover directly to LGBT advocacy. Gill and Pat Stryker, with the two other wealthy philanthropists used “ruthless political strategies” to turn Colorado blue while directing roughly half a billion dollars into groups advancing LGBT agendas. Gill introduced Pat’s brother Jon Stryker (openly gay man) at the 2015 GLSEN Respect Awards, recalling how they had “plotted, schemed, hiked and skied together” while “punishing the wicked and rewarding the good.”
Jon Stryker founded the Arcus Foundation in 2000. It poured $58.4 million into LGBT programs from 2007–2010 alone; with Jon personally giving over $30 million from Stryker stock. The family company, started by their grandfather, hit $25.1 billion in annual revenue in 2025 (up 11.2% from 2024), with deep roots in surgical supplies and medical tech. Bilek highlights this medical industry backdrop as relevant context for the scale of later funding priorities.
The Artificial Pivot from Gay Rights to Transgender and Gender Identity Push
Here is where the “not grassroots” reality becomes clearest. Early gay-rights activism grew organically from small communities facing discrimination. But after same-sex marriage victories, the focus shifted dramatically to transgender issues and gender identity ideology. Bilek documents how Arcus and Gill networks built on the Colorado donors’ infrastructure artificially accelerated this through top-down philanthropy, not widespread public demand or bottom-up organizing.
In 2008, Arcus hosted a key meeting in Bellagio, Italy, with 29 international leaders (including Jon Stryker). Michael O’Flaherty (rapporteur for the 2006 Yogyakarta Principles, which applied international human rights law to sexual orientation and gender identity) attended. Bilek notes the Principles “planted the seeds to bring in and attach gender-identity ideology to our legal structures.” O’Flaherty, a former UN Human Rights Committee member, is now Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, in office at his new job since April 2024, based in Strasbourg.
From Bellagio emerged the LGBT Movement Advancement Project (MAP) to coordinate advocacy on gender identity in law, education, and culture. The LGBTI Core Group, an informal UN-linked network of member states (including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights) formed with Arcus-funded participants like OutRight Action International. Arcus also backed the U.N with funding, alongside Amnesty International and GLSEN. Grants targeted Transgender Europe, ILGA, the Transgender Law Center, ACLU, Center for American Progress, and the 2015 Global Trans Initiative (at least $20 million committed and surpassed). These programs trained activists in “political activism, leadership, transgender law, religious liberty, education, and civil rights.”
The pattern is clear: This is not a natural evolution driven by everyday people. It is a billionaire-orchestrated infrastructure with half a billion spent in Colorado alone, plus hundreds of millions more donated strategically globally from Arcus and Gill, that manufactured rapid cultural and policy acceptance. Public perception framed it as organic “progress,” as meant, but the funding records, donor quotes, and coordinated meetings reveal a top-down strategy using wealth to bypass traditional grassroots organizing.
Colorado as the Proof: Policies Under Governor Polis
With the political safe haven secured, one of the original Four, Jared Polis, became governor in 2019. The Democratic trifecta delivered swift transgender policies:
- 2019 (Jude’s Law / HB 19-1039): Simplified gender marker changes on birth certificates (M/F/X) with no surgery, doctor’s note, or court order required; banned conversion therapy for minors.
- 2025 (Kelly Loving Act / HB 25-1312): Signed by Polis on May 16, 2025 (effective October 1, 2026), it expands anti-discrimination laws to treat intentional deadnaming or misgendering as discriminatory in workplaces, schools, and public settings; eases name/gender document changes.
- Early 2026: Bills advanced to seal minors’ name-change records for privacy.
These built directly on the donor-funded base. What feels unnatural to many was how quickly policies advanced once the money secured the levers of power. It also bring up the ethics and moral foundation of a governor like Jared Polis, who seems to have funded himself to immense power with false equivalence to an organically elected official.
The Deceit Debate: Manufactured Momentum vs. True Civil Rights
Trans rights activists call the moves of the Big Four savvy advocacy for equality. Opponents argue they are inherently deceptive. The trans/gender identity movement publicly appears as grassroots civil rights evolution. In reality, it seems driven by a tiny circle of billionaires using secretive roundtables, dark money, and philanthropy to scale ideology (including UN human rights channels), like they manipulated Colorado’s politics. The half-billion-dollar figure, Gill’s “plotted and schemed” quote, Arcus’s medical-fortune ties, and the Bellagio-to-UN pipeline all point to manufactured momentum rather than broad societal demand. Colorado served as the perfect laboratory before national and global export.
The Legacy of Deceit:
Two decades on, Colorado remains Democratic-controlled. The model inspired donor networks elsewhere. Gill and Arcus foundations continue granting millions annually. U.S. LGBTQ philanthropy totaled $209.4 million in 2023, with trans-specific funding still prominent. Polis is still governor of colarado, though his term ends in November 2026 and cannot be elected again. Whether you see the Big Four as visionary or elite operators, their 2004 effort of electoral flip plus sustained, targeted use of millions of dollars, clearly and unnaturally accelerated transgender and gender identity policies far beyond what organic grassroots movements alone could have achieved. It remains a case study in how concentrated wealth can reshape law, culture, and international norms. The question is, what are you going to do about it? Stay silent as the transgender industry and those standing to profit sway policy, or righteously fight the power?
REFERENCES (verified as of April 2026)
1. Schrager, Adam, and Rob Witwer - The Blueprint* (2010).
2. Rocky Mountain Heist (2014).
3. Bilek, Jennifer @bjportraits: “The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement.” published in First Things, January 21, 2020.
4. Arcus Foundation grant records and Global Trans Initiative updates (2007–2025).
5. Stryker Corporation 2025 revenue annual results
6. Colorado legislative records: Jude’s Law (2019); Kelly Loving Act (HB 25-1312, signed May 2025)
7. Council of Europe: Michael O’Flaherty Commissioner records and 2026 activities.
8. Gill Foundation and LGBTQ funders tracking reports (2023–2025).
All details cross-checked against public records, foundation filings, legislative histories, and recent reporting for accuracy.
#Colorado #Politics #Policy #BigFour #FourHorsemen #ethics #JaredPolis #VOTE #Republican #Democrat #ballot #elections
Gay marriage is legal, & the Equality Act was introduced to protect the rights of women in the workplace & public spaces. Amending it to include "gender identity" so men get to access women's protected spaces, sports, funding & impersonate women renders it meaningless, correct?
Happy Pride Month, Colorado! I loved joining Northglenn Pride today, and I can't wait to co-sponsor the Equality Act on Day 1 in Congress 🌈
There is a trend all over social media of grown men dressing up in clothes resembling those of young children, and calling themselves not just women, but "trans girls". Is the intent of such presentation solely self-expression?
"I didn’t become a girl. I had always been one."
@GammySparkles Thank you for your work! ♥️
You Will Not Erase our Children,
“We cannot adopt this erasure of our very flesh and blood children, our whole lives spent as families, and our very lives! STAND UP NOW ALL PARENTS!”
by @pittparents https://t.co/GxWVXZHXSL
@JanuaryDoNoHarm The number of self-harm scars on her body?! Why would any surgeon think removing her breasts would improve her mental health, while aiding in her physical harm? Some of those scars look recent. So wrong.
Male murderers and rapists are terrorizing women in women's prisons. All they have to do is declare "I am trans" to be allowed to do so.
https://t.co/qzGWaTENoR
MEN IN WOMEN'S PRISONS IN THE UNITED STATES, a sickening consequence of gender ideology 🧵
BACKGROUND
🇺🇸 Federal policies on housing trans-identifying inmates trace primarily to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 and the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Standards issued on May 17, 2012, under Attorney General Eric Holder during the Obama administration. The standards (particularly §115.42) required case-by-case housing and programming decisions for trans-identifying and intersex inmates, mandating consideration of the inmate’s own views on personal safety and the pseudoscience concept of "gender identity", while prohibiting assignments based solely on "genital status". The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, Transgender Law Center, and National Center for Lesbian Rights submitted formal comments in 2010–2011 urging these provisions to "reduce sexual abuse".
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first incorporated gender identity in its guidance. In 2018, under the first Trump administration, the BOP revised the Transgender Offender Manual to prioritize a person's sex in housing decisions. The Biden administration reversed this: on January 25, 2022, BOP reissued Program Statement 5200.08 under Director M.D. Carvajal. It explicitly directed consideration of gender identity in housing, required use of preferred names and pronouns, and supported gender-affirming accommodations where legally required. Attorney General Merrick Garland oversaw the DOJ during this period. In 2025, the second Trump administration reversed course via an Executive Order on January 20, 2025, directing housing based on biological sex again, and banning federal funds for "gender-affirming care" in custody. BOP issued a memo on February 25, 2025, canceling the manual and related accommodations. However, federal judges issued preliminary injunctions in 2025 requiring continuation of some hormone therapy and accommodations for existing plaintiffs while litigation proceeds.
"Gender-affirming"treatments" (primarily hormone therapy, with some court-ordered surgeries) in federal prisons were funded through BOP health budgets when deemed medically necessary. Spending on hormone therapy ranged from $60,000 to $95,000 per year during the first Trump term and reached $153,000 in fiscal year 2022. More than 600 inmates had been prescribed such therapy by prison doctors as of 2025 court filings. The 2025 Executive Order sought to halt new treatments, but other court orders have kept some of it in place for existing cases.
STATE LEVEL SHENANIGANS
At the state level, policies vary but often follow PREA’s case-by-case framework or go further via legislation or administrative rules.
California enacted the most explicit law: Senate Bill 132 (SB 132), the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). It passed the legislature on August 31, 2020, was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29, 2020, and took effect January 1, 2021. The law requires the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to house, search, and treat trans-identifying, non-binary, and intersex inmates consistent with their self-reported gender identity, regardless of birth sex or anatomy, and prohibits intentional misgendering. In the first six months after implementation, 1,129 inmates self-identified as trans, non-binary, or intersex, with the overwhelming majority being males requesting female facilities. Implementation costs included one-time state General Fund expenditures in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for staff training, electronic records updates, and new ID cards, as well as increase in staffing and clinical workloads for gender-affirming medical care assessments. There was a lot of re-education.
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THE BIG FOUR’S COLORADO BLUEPRINT: How Four Wealthy Donors Flipped a Red State (and Artificially Accelerated Transgender and Gender Identity Policies Through Massive Funding, Not Grassroots Momentum)
Picture Colorado in the summer of 2004: a solidly Republican state where the GOP controlled the governor’s mansion, both legislative chambers, most congressional seats, and key statewide offices. Four wealthy Democrats: Tim Gill, Pat Stryker, Jared Polis, and Rutt Bridges, gathered quietly and launched what they called “The Blueprint.” It wasn’t a spontaneous uprising of everyday voters but a calculated, venture capital-style operation funded by their personal fortunes. As detailed in the 2010 book 'The Blueprint' by Adam Schrager and former Republican legislator Rob Witwer, the 2014 documentary 'Rocky Mountain Heist', and Jennifer Bilek’s 2020 First Things article “The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement,” this effort first seized political power for the Democrats in recent times in Colorado. Then it built a sophisticated funding machine that critics say unnaturally and artificially propelled transgender and gender identity policies forward: not through broad, organic grassroots support from ordinary people, but through coordinated billions from a handful of ultra-wealthy donors operating largely out of public view.
What started as targeted electoral spending evolved into a top-down philanthropy network that amplified “gender identity ideology” globally and in Colorado law. Early gay rights efforts had roots in small, community-driven groups facing real stigma. After gay marriage become legal, the push for transgender policies appeared to be a natural next step - but it was heavily engineered by elite money, secretive strategy sessions, and international channels. The result? Rapid policy changes that many feel outpaced public consensus.
The Gang of Four and the 2004 Electoral “Heist”
The group, nicknamed the “Gang of Four” or “Four Horsemen", bypassed traditional party structures by forming the Colorado Democracy Alliance. They funneled millions through 527 independent-expenditure groups, voter-turnout operations, and aligned nonprofits, treating politics like a startup investment.
- Tim Gill, Quark software founder, sold his stake in 1999 for about $500 million. Motivated by Colorado’s 1992 Amendment 2 (an anti-gay measure later overturned), he endowed the Gill Foundation with roughly $200 million (inflation-adjusted) for LGBT causes. It has since granted hundreds of millions more to the transgender cause.
- Pat Stryker, medical-device heiress to Stryker Corporation, channeled funds through her Bohemian Foundation.
- Jared Polis, openly gay ProFlowers entrepreneur (now Colorado’s governor since 2019), and Rutt Bridges, software & petroleum entrepreneur, completed this quartet.
In 2004, their donations overwhelmed Republicans: Stryker spending over $850,000, Gill nearly $775,000, Polis and Bridges over $400,000 each. Of $3.6 million in 527 organizations spending, nearly two-thirds came from these four. Democrats flipped both legislative chambers, for the first time in decades. By 2006, they added the governorship and more seats. Total early spending exceeded $20 million, locking in a Democratic “trifecta” that has endured for two decades.
'The Blueprint' explains the mechanics in plain terms: dubiously-funded nonprofits, targeted ads, and ground games that caught the GOP flat-footed. The 'Rocky Mountain Heist' documentary calls it a “heist” by a “shadowy cabal,” visualizing a “blue blob” spreading from Colorado as a warning of national replication.
The Funding Pipeline: From Electoral Power to LGBT Philanthropy
Bilek’s article ties this political takeover directly to LGBT advocacy. Gill and Pat Stryker, with the two other wealthy philanthropists used “ruthless political strategies” to turn Colorado blue while directing roughly half a billion dollars into groups advancing LGBT agendas. Gill introduced Pat’s brother Jon Stryker (openly gay man) at the 2015 GLSEN Respect Awards, recalling how they had “plotted, schemed, hiked and skied together” while “punishing the wicked and rewarding the good.”
Jon Stryker founded the Arcus Foundation in 2000. It poured $58.4 million into LGBT programs from 2007–2010 alone; with Jon personally giving over $30 million from Stryker stock. The family company, started by their grandfather, hit $25.1 billion in annual revenue in 2025 (up 11.2% from 2024), with deep roots in surgical supplies and medical tech. Bilek highlights this medical industry backdrop as relevant context for the scale of later funding priorities.
The Artificial Pivot from Gay Rights to Transgender and Gender Identity Push
Here is where the “not grassroots” reality becomes clearest. Early gay-rights activism grew organically from small communities facing discrimination. But after same-sex marriage victories, the focus shifted dramatically to transgender issues and gender identity ideology. Bilek documents how Arcus and Gill networks built on the Colorado donors’ infrastructure artificially accelerated this through top-down philanthropy, not widespread public demand or bottom-up organizing.
In 2008, Arcus hosted a key meeting in Bellagio, Italy, with 29 international leaders (including Jon Stryker). Michael O’Flaherty (rapporteur for the 2006 Yogyakarta Principles, which applied international human rights law to sexual orientation and gender identity) attended. Bilek notes the Principles “planted the seeds to bring in and attach gender-identity ideology to our legal structures.” O’Flaherty, a former UN Human Rights Committee member, is now Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, in office at his new job since April 2024, based in Strasbourg.
From Bellagio emerged the LGBT Movement Advancement Project (MAP) to coordinate advocacy on gender identity in law, education, and culture. The LGBTI Core Group, an informal UN-linked network of member states (including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights) formed with Arcus-funded participants like OutRight Action International. Arcus also backed the U.N with funding, alongside Amnesty International and GLSEN. Grants targeted Transgender Europe, ILGA, the Transgender Law Center, ACLU, Center for American Progress, and the 2015 Global Trans Initiative (at least $20 million committed and surpassed). These programs trained activists in “political activism, leadership, transgender law, religious liberty, education, and civil rights.”
The pattern is clear: This is not a natural evolution driven by everyday people. It is a billionaire-orchestrated infrastructure with half a billion spent in Colorado alone, plus hundreds of millions more donated strategically globally from Arcus and Gill, that manufactured rapid cultural and policy acceptance. Public perception framed it as organic “progress,” as meant, but the funding records, donor quotes, and coordinated meetings reveal a top-down strategy using wealth to bypass traditional grassroots organizing.
Colorado as the Proof: Policies Under Governor Polis
With the political safe haven secured, one of the original Four, Jared Polis, became governor in 2019. The Democratic trifecta delivered swift transgender policies:
- 2019 (Jude’s Law / HB 19-1039): Simplified gender marker changes on birth certificates (M/F/X) with no surgery, doctor’s note, or court order required; banned conversion therapy for minors.
- 2025 (Kelly Loving Act / HB 25-1312): Signed by Polis on May 16, 2025 (effective October 1, 2026), it expands anti-discrimination laws to treat intentional deadnaming or misgendering as discriminatory in workplaces, schools, and public settings; eases name/gender document changes.
- Early 2026: Bills advanced to seal minors’ name-change records for privacy.
These built directly on the donor-funded base. What feels unnatural to many was how quickly policies advanced once the money secured the levers of power. It also bring up the ethics and moral foundation of a governor like Jared Polis, who seems to have funded himself to immense power with false equivalence to an organically elected official.
The Deceit Debate: Manufactured Momentum vs. True Civil Rights
Trans rights activists call the moves of the Big Four savvy advocacy for equality. Opponents argue they are inherently deceptive. The trans/gender identity movement publicly appears as grassroots civil rights evolution. In reality, it seems driven by a tiny circle of billionaires using secretive roundtables, dark money, and philanthropy to scale ideology (including UN human rights channels), like they manipulated Colorado’s politics. The half-billion-dollar figure, Gill’s “plotted and schemed” quote, Arcus’s medical-fortune ties, and the Bellagio-to-UN pipeline all point to manufactured momentum rather than broad societal demand. Colorado served as the perfect laboratory before national and global export.
The Legacy of Deceit:
Two decades on, Colorado remains Democratic-controlled. The model inspired donor networks elsewhere. Gill and Arcus foundations continue granting millions annually. U.S. LGBTQ philanthropy totaled $209.4 million in 2023, with trans-specific funding still prominent. Polis is still governor of colarado, though his term ends in November 2026 and cannot be elected again. Whether you see the Big Four as visionary or elite operators, their 2004 effort of electoral flip plus sustained, targeted use of millions of dollars, clearly and unnaturally accelerated transgender and gender identity policies far beyond what organic grassroots movements alone could have achieved. It remains a case study in how concentrated wealth can reshape law, culture, and international norms. The question is, what are you going to do about it? Stay silent as the transgender industry and those standing to profit sway policy, or righteously fight the power?
REFERENCES (verified as of April 2026)
1. Schrager, Adam, and Rob Witwer - The Blueprint* (2010).
2. Rocky Mountain Heist (2014).
3. Bilek, Jennifer @bjportraits: “The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement.” published in First Things, January 21, 2020.
4. Arcus Foundation grant records and Global Trans Initiative updates (2007–2025).
5. Stryker Corporation 2025 revenue annual results
6. Colorado legislative records: Jude’s Law (2019); Kelly Loving Act (HB 25-1312, signed May 2025)
7. Council of Europe: Michael O’Flaherty Commissioner records and 2026 activities.
8. Gill Foundation and LGBTQ funders tracking reports (2023–2025).
All details cross-checked against public records, foundation filings, legislative histories, and recent reporting for accuracy.
#Colorado #Politics #Policy #BigFour #FourHorsemen #ethics #JaredPolis #VOTE #Republican #Democrat #ballot #elections
Julie Gonzales wants to represent Colorado in the US senate. Read what she's been doing with your taxpayer money: https://t.co/M6dShxYcZ2
THIS WOMAN'S WORK: MEET JULIE GONZALES, who thinks women's sex-based rights only include abortion, and absolutely nothing else.
BACKGROUND
Julie Gonzales is gunning to be the next U.S. Senator from Colorado in 2026.
It starts off well.
Julie Gonzales was born on March 14, 1983, on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona and grew up in South Texas as the sixth of seven children to Gloria (an elementary school teacher and former rodeo queen) and Mario Gonzales (a rancher who later became a medical cannabis producer in northern New Mexico). Her family apparently had roots in Colorado predating statehood.
She graduated from Yale University in 2005 with a BA, studying History, Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. After college, she moved to Denver, and built a career as a community organizer focused on affordable housing, education equity, workers’ rights, and immigrant rights.
She co-founded the Colorado Latino Forum in 2009, served as Organizing Director for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (2008–2012), and was a founding board member of United We DREAM. She later worked as Policy Director at Meyer Law Office (2017–2019) and as persuasion field director for the Colorado Democratic Party.
Gonzales was elected to the Colorado Senate for District 34 (north, west, and downtown Denver) in 2018, winning the primary with 63.8% and the general with 83.1%. She has served as Senate Majority Whip, chair of the Judiciary Committee, and vice chair of Local Government & Housing, while sitting on Appropriations, Finance, and other panels.
In December 2025, she launched a primary challenge against incumbent U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper for the 2026 Democratic nomination, positioning herself as a progressive fighter for working families, because who wouldn’t want more of that?
CONTROVERSIES
Then, it starts to get darker.
Julie Gonzales first became publicly involved with gender ideology in 2019, shortly after taking office as a newly elected state senator in January 2019, hitting the ground running. Gonzales is known for actions and statements that force-team female-only abortion rights with policies on gender-affirming interventions, repeatedly framing them together as inseparable “bodily autonomy” and “reproductive justice” issues, because nothing screams WOMEN’S RIGHTS like putting men into the same legal bucket.
On April 16, 2019, she posted about a constituent, and reminded colleagues of over 15,000 trans Americans wanting to serve in the military amid the federal trans military ban. Women serving in hostile territory apparently don't deserve privacy in their restrooms and locker rooms from men in the military.
On November 20, 2019, for Transgender Day of Remembrance, she posted that she was “still learning how to be a better ally en la lucha” while pledging to fight like hell for dignity and respect for trans individuals and honoring those lost to "anti-trans violence", as always without clear statistics. She has never posted anything similar about anti-woman violence or the need for the protection of women and girls.
This public allyship deepened with explicit statements such as her September 1, 2021, post declaring “Trans women are women! I am proud to support trans-inclusive and affirming policies as a legislator and will continue to do so,” followed by her April 1, 2022, Transgender Day of Visibility message “Trans folks: we love you,” with consistent bundling of gender ideology with abortion rights in 2023 and later, celebrating expansions of “access to abortion and gender affirming care for anyone who needs it in Colorado.”
In a 2025 Instagram reel promoting HB25-1309, she said, “Y’all, a hurt dog hollers! Republicans rage against ensuring access to gender affirming care for trans folks, but certainly have no problem utilizing gender affirming care themselves,” while defending the bill as protecting “what already works.” She has testified and posted about fighting to shield “abortion & gender-affirming care providers, patients, and assistors” and stated she trusts “doctors, not politicians” on gender-affirming decisions. This tried and tested trans activist tactic inserts male-bodied individuals into frameworks designed around female biology, eroding single-sex protections.
In 2020, as prime sponsor of legislation to eliminate the civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse and sexual misconduct (HB20-1296), Gonzales surprised advocates by asking the Senate committee to kill her own bill. She explained, “I’m not willing to pass a bill that lets perpetrators off the hook… I will not settle for watered-down justice,” because it lacked a “lookback window” for past victims. Victims’ groups were “devastated,” and the move delayed reforms until a later session passed a version without the window she demanded.
During her 2026 U.S. Senate campaign launch, the Colorado Democratic Party warned some of her campaign workers they could be blacklisted from future Democratic work if they challenged Hickenlooper; the party later distanced itself from the threats. Gonzales was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America from 2018 to 2024 and received early endorsements from Denver DSA and the Working Families Party in her 2018 state Senate race.
NGOs, ENDORSEMENTS, AND MONEY TRAILS
Gonzales has received endorsements and support from progressive organizations, unions, and advocacy groups. Key backers include the Working Families Party, Indivisible (national and Colorado Action Network), SEIU Colorado / SEIU Local 105 / COWINS, Boulder Progressives, Sunrise Movement Denver, Our Revolution, Rocky Mountain Equality Action Fund, and CIRC Action Fund. Her campaign website lists dozens of individual elected officials and community leaders, but does NOT detail organizational financial contributions.
For her state Senate committee (Julie For Colorado), the latest 2026 cycle reports (as of May 18, 2026) show a beginning balance of $28,836, $5,930 in contributions, $39,985 in expenditures, and a negative ending balance of $5,218. An old 2018 complaint alleging contribution limit violations was closed with no finding.
For her federal 2026 U.S. Senate campaign (FEC, covering Dec. 8, 2025–Mar. 31, 2026), she raised $443,495 total—almost entirely from individual contributions ($437,982, with $309,103 itemized and $128,879 unitemized), plus $5,500 from other committees. She spent $329,434, leaving $114,061 cash on hand and no debts. No top donors or large institutional PAC/NGO transfers are detailed in public summaries as of now.
COLORADANS LAWS
It gets really dark, buckle up.
Gonzales has sponsored or co-sponsored numerous bills across sessions. Here are notable ones, tied to her record on abortion, trans activism and policies, and border protection:
- HB25-1309 Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care (Senate sponsor alongside Sen. Lisa Cutter; signed into law May 23, 2025):
Codified into statute that health insurance plans cannot deny or limit “medically necessary” gender-affirming interventions, including cross-sex hormone therapy, facial reconstruction, hair removal, breast augmentation, and other procedures. The bill also removes testosterone from Colorado’s prescription drug monitoring program to limit tracking that had been used in other states against providers and patients. Gonzales publicly stated it protects “evidence-based, lifesaving care” for trans and nonbinary Coloradans and safeguards “what already works” against political interference.
This law affects everyday Coloradans, especially parents, women’s sports participants, and those who hold that biological sex is immutable and cannot be changed, by compelling private insurance plans to cover and pay for irreversible medical interventions on minors and adults alike, raising premiums for all policyholders while embedding gender-identity claims into women’s health frameworks. It is harmful because it overrides biological reality in sex-based protections, exposing female athletes and patients to male-bodied competitors or users of single-sex facilities, and leaves dissenting families vulnerable to state-backed affirmation mandates that treat non-affirmation as harm, which is frankly, ridiculous.
- 2023 legislation shielding abortion and gender-affirming care (sponsor of SB23-188 along with Rep. Sonya J. Lewis and related bills; signed into law April 2023):
Protected patients, providers, and “assistors” seeking or delivering abortion services or gender-affirming interventions from out-of-state restrictions or prosecution, explicitly positioning Colorado as a safe haven for both.
This law conveniently shields cross-state travel for procedures for women having abortions, with cosmetic "gender-affirming" interventions available to males, while insulating providers from accountability. It normalizes the force-teaming of sex-specific rights with identity-based ones, undermining parental authority and single-sex spaces, while making it harder for families or women’s groups to challenge policies that prioritize affirmation over biological safeguarding.
- Reproductive Health Equity Act / 2022 abortion codification bill (sponsor; signed into law 2022):
Enshrined abortion access in statute post-Roe.
This law again codifies abortion alongside broader “reproductive” framing, that later extended to gender-identity policies. There's definitely a pattern here.
- SB20-100 (prime sponsor; signed into law 2020): Repealed Colorado’s death penalty.
This law affects every Coloradan by removing capital punishment as an option for the most heinous crimes, including those involving child victims. It is harmful to those prioritizing justice for victims because it limits the state’s strongest deterrent and penalty in extreme cases.
- SB25-276 (prime sponsor; signed into law May 2025):
Strengthened measures to prevent the violation of civil rights based on immigration status by repealing affidavit requirements for in-state tuition classification and identification documents for persons without lawful immigration status.
It prohibits jail custodians from delaying a defendant’s release (within 6 hours after bond or readiness to post bond) for the purpose of an immigration enforcement operation.
It extends prohibitions so that peace officers (including those from Colorado State Patrol, municipal police, town marshals, county sheriffs, or state-designated) cannot arrest or detain anyone based solely on a civil immigration detainer request.
It extends prohibitions on probation or pretrial officers providing personal information to federal immigration authorities.
It establishes minimum requirements, with civil penalties for violations, for public child care centers, public schools, local education providers, public institutions of higher education, public health-care facilities, and publicly supported libraries concerning the collection of personal identifying information, access to facilities and property, and data privacy. These entities were forced to adopt and publicly publish such policies by September 1, 2025, ensuring that federal immigration officers (ICE) can only enter non-public areas of the facilities with a judicial warrant.
This law affects border security, by further restricting state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, including preventing local agencies from holding people for ICE pickup, also blocking warrantless access to public spaces like schools and hospitals, and layering on data-privacy rules that limit information sharing. It is harmful because it prioritizes non-citizens over state sovereignty and public safety in sensitive locations.
- HB26-1319 Right to Be Out at Work (sponsor; introduced 2026, postponed indefinitely):
Protected employees from adverse action for expressing LGBTQ+ identity, including gender identity or status as transgender, nonbinary, or transitioning in the workplace.
This law will affect Coloradans, especially employers, parents, and those who reject gender ideology, by mandating workplace affirmation of identity claims. It is harmful because it compels speech and policies that blur biological sex distinctions, exposing dissenters to legal risk for maintaining sex-based standards. It appears starkly unconstitutional and easily misusable. There are more bills she has signed that are along these lines.
Julie Gonzales' record consistently predominantly of pairing expansions of abortion access with gender-identity policies while pretending gender ideology doesn't grossly violate the rights of women and girls or lead to irreversible harm in vulnerable people subject to "gender-affirming care", while simultaneously advancing immigrant protections and criminal justice reforms at the cost of the private and public safety of Coloradan citizens.
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
- Colorado General Assembly, legislator page for Julie Gonzales (sponsored bills and committee assignments): https://t.co/0cbkPIGUnD
- Wikipedia: Julie Gonzales (biography and positions): https://t.co/1zLyJGC67W
- Julie for Colorado campaign “About” and priorities (pairing abortion and gender-affirming care): https://t.co/bBFzNePo9y and https://t.co/FFSnoJAxCQ
- Julie for Colorado endorsements: https://t.co/JT2uuFiPEA
- Colorado TRACER candidate detail (state committee finance as of May 18, 2026): https://t.co/b658uyfC9M
- FEC candidate overview (federal campaign finance as of Mar. 31, 2026): https://t.co/Y4U0EHtn2j
- Colorado Newsline on 2025 campaign announcement and HB25-1309: https://t.co/1C88ZtqrNk and https://t.co/AyIa889tEk
- Senate Democrats newsroom on HB25-1309 signing (May 23, 2025): https://t.co/apOUqynEtu
- Colorado Politics on 2020 HB20-1296 sex abuse bill: https://t.co/mloZqGOKRz
- Colorado General Assembly bill pages: HB25-1309 (https://t.co/RLpfKzfCUJ), SB25-276 (https://t.co/X9M85mmxdE), HB26-1319 and others via https://t.co/t2CLje8hlf
- One Colorado 2025 Legislative Report (HB25-1309 and related): https://t.co/HaQlk60zks
- X posts by @SenadoraJulie: April 16, 2019 (trans military service mention); November 20, 2019 (#TDoR2019 ally statement); September 1, 2021 (“Trans women are women!” ID 1432878718226141184); April 1, 2022 (“Trans folks: we love you” ID 1509724019934871556); March 15, 2023 (SB23-188 sponsor ID 1636114139994259456); March 21, 2023 (protecting abortion & gender-affirming care ID 1638298304143589377); April 14, 2023 (expanding access ID 1646983418637586432)
- Instagram reel by @senadorajulie (May 2025 HB25-1309 promotion): https://t.co/AfJc0UHkRk
- Additional legislative tracking via Ballotpedia and https://t.co/t2CLje8hlf bill histories
#Colorado #COpolitics #genderideology #sexbasedrights #sexnotgender #genderaffirmingcare #forcedteaming #donoharm #exposingfraud #juliegonzales
@SteveHiltonx https://t.co/OTt6NkPzex
🚩 XAVIER BECERRA 🚩 IS A SEASONED TRANS ACTIVIST RUNNING FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, IT MATTERS!
Everyone focusing on the mayoral race in LA, pay some attention to gubernatorial politics in California, the outcome of which has high stakes for both the state and 🇺🇸. Xavier Becerra (born 1958 in Sacramento to Mexican-American parents, first Latino HHS Secretary) served as U.S. Congressman (1993–2017), California Attorney General (2017–2021), and Biden’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary (2021–2025). He is the leading Democratic candidate for California Governor (June 2026 primary).
Xavier Becerra’s record shows repeated high-level legal/regulatory actions supporting the trans industry, embedding "gender-affirming" models anywhere he can, while framing exploratory care or sex-based distinctions as “discrimination” by quoting U.S. trans activist-influenced guidelines (AAP, WPATH) over rigorous, evidence-based medical data. His actions and trend appear to be ideologically and profitably motivated by the trans industry. Let's examine his undemocratic and blind endorsement of gender ideology, in a timeline of his recent political career.
AS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL (2017–2021)
Becerra weaponized Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to mandate gender-affirming interventions:
- October 7, 2020 Kadel v. North Carolina amicus brief (led 17 states + D.C.): Supported state employees denied coverage for dysphoria treatments.
His words: “All people should have access to healthcare, period. This includes transgender individuals who have a right to live their lives with dignity, free from discrimination.” He cited California’s model laws protecting “transgender Americans from discrimination in accessing state services and benefits, including healthcare.”
He argued denial violates Section 1557’s “sex” discrimination ban.
He pushed mandatory insurance coverage for blockers/hormones/surgeries (off-label, unproven net benefit in youth) and reinforced changeable "gender identity" over biology in federal programs.
- 2019 lawsuit vs. Trump "Healthcare" Refusal Rule: Challenged exemptions allowing providers to decline transgender procedures on religious/moral grounds.
Action: Joined coalition; argued it enabled “discrimination.” Rule blocked in court.
He tried to force participation of universities and hospitals to make therapists and doctors comply, under threat of losing federal funds during Biden's presidency, subordinating clinical conscience and evidence gaps to gender ideology.
Additional actions:
He restricted state-funded travel to states with sex-based bathroom/sports laws.
He joined briefs for transgender student restrooms and against military ban.
Basically, he normalized travel bans and legal pressure as tools to enforce "gender-affirming" actions nationwide.
Xavier Becerra is a whole fascist.
AS HHS SECRETARY (2021–2025)
Becerra nationalized "gender-affirmation" as federal “medical necessity,” overriding caution:
- March 2022 post, Texas guidance: Responded to Texas order investigating affirming care as potential abuse.
Issued Information Memorandum directing child welfare agencies to “advance safety and support for LGBTQI+ youth, which importantly can include access to gender-affirming care”; HIPAA guidance shielding private info from parents/authorities; fact sheet declaring blockers/hormones “life-saving” per U.S. associations, reducing “depression and anxiety.” (He's such a creepy liar, OMG)
- In Senate hearing (Sen. Braun, May 2022): Defended procedures as “long examined and supported by medical experts”; noted “many transgender teenagers have died by suicide”; rejected removing guidance pending more research, insisting “decisions are made by that individual in consultation with physician and caregivers.”
Encouraged out-of-home placements for non-affirming families; chilled parental involvement and provider reporting; expanded access despite Cass-level evidence concerns.
- Pride statements and flag-raising (2022–2024):
Exact words: “We fight for the rights of our transgender and nonbinary employees... access health care, including gender-affirming care, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Symbolizing institutional commitment, he also integrated gender ideology into 988 lifeline and equity data collection at this time. Nothing apparently screams "Emergency" like the wrong personal pronoun to Mr No Free Speech Becerra. He would also like to see the data. No, not THAT "gender-affirming healthcare" harms data.
- Section 1557 Final Rule (May 2024):
Expanded “sex” discrimination to include gender identity; prohibited categorical denials of transition services by federally funded entities; required compliance officers/training.
Providers faced funding loss for dissent, and many were forced to go against evidence-based restraint to "transition" vulnerable patients.
Multiple states sued (Texas v. Becerra, Tennessee v. Becerra); courts issued stays/injunctions (nationwide on gender provisions by mid-2024; ongoing as of 2026) citing APA violations, RFRA burdens, post-Loper Bright overreach.
- Hearings:
Rep. Crenshaw (Apr 2024): Pressed on “questionable research from radical medical associations” vs. Cass; Becerra: “We rely on medical associations and the best evidence available.”
Rep. Miller: Clashed over mandating “sex change operations on children.”
He publicly and arrogantly dismissed independent reviews.
The House Oversight Committee in Aug 2024 probed HHS pressure on WPATH to drop pediatric age minimums in their Standards of Care version 8 (SOC 8) for political alignment. Xavier Becerra is out to get your kids for the trans industry, with "Catch 'em young" being his theme. Gotta catch' em all!
AS 2026 CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE
Becerra has pledged continued allegiance to the trans industry if becomes California Governor.
May 2026 Long Beach Pride: “I’ve spent my career defending LGBTQ+ civil rights and protecting access to healthcare, and as Governor, I will continue to stand with the community in the face of growing attacks.”
NBC interview: “Trans folks are people, and we owe them the ability to protect them and their rights... probably more Americans getting hit by lightning than trans Americans wanting to play in girls sports.”
EQCA endorsement (Apr 2026): For “affirming that transgender healthcare is medically necessary at the highest levels.”
He has signaled he will lead state-level resistance to federal evidence-based shifts; and seems to prioritize identity politics over sports fairness or desistance data if elected. He's going full steam ahead. Women's rights and child safety be damned. Trans industry "rights" are more important than your mere human rights.
SUMMARY
Becerra’s policies and language equate "gender-affirmation" with “dignity” and “life-saving” care while dismissing scrutiny, and his actions (lawsuits, rules, guidance) institutionalized mandates overriding clinical skepticism. California voters must think long and hard about handing over the state to Xavier Becerra. This shameless man has consistently ignored women's sex-based rights, harms to children and vulnerable adults as shown by mounting evidence against "gender-affirming healthcare", ignored detransitioner testimonies, and has compelled trans industry language and policies with coercion and transforming laws against public consensus. Be brave enough to investigate and question gender ideology, and what motivates such tyrannical trans activists like Xavier Becerra. 💵 💵 💵
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
- CA AG Kadel press release/quote (Oct 7, 2020).
- HHS 2022 guidance/CWLA hearing transcript (May 2022).
- Crenshaw hearing (Apr 24, 2024); Braun hearing (May 2022).
- Section 1557 Final Rule (Federal Register, May 6, 2024) & lawsuits (Texas v. Becerra, Tennessee v. Becerra; stays 2024–2026).
- House Oversight WPATH letter (Aug 27, 2024).
- EQCA endorsement (Apr 27, 2026)
- Becerra X posts/Pride statements (May 2026); NBC interview (Apr 2025).
#XavierBecerra #California #sexbasedrights #sexnotgender #genderidentity #genderaffirmingcare #humanrights #womensrights #facts #politics #medicalethics #donoharm
@ErinFriday75490 @WomenAreReals
@SenatorBrouk This trans industry language is extremely dehumanizing to the women you're claiming to protect.
Targeting minors for "gender-affirming care" is easy money for the unscrupulous trans industry complex. You can medicalize a confused person for life! Cut off natural sex hormone sources young so they become dependent on synthetic hormones for life! Compounded interest!
OH. MY. LORD. We were just sent images of the Pride display at Washington’s Graham-Kapowsin High School. It contains vials of testosterone injections.
@FoxNews Xavier Becerra has a long record of using the law to benefit the trans industry: https://t.co/OTt6NkPzex
🚩 XAVIER BECERRA 🚩 IS A SEASONED TRANS ACTIVIST RUNNING FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, IT MATTERS!
Everyone focusing on the mayoral race in LA, pay some attention to gubernatorial politics in California, the outcome of which has high stakes for both the state and 🇺🇸. Xavier Becerra (born 1958 in Sacramento to Mexican-American parents, first Latino HHS Secretary) served as U.S. Congressman (1993–2017), California Attorney General (2017–2021), and Biden’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary (2021–2025). He is the leading Democratic candidate for California Governor (June 2026 primary).
Xavier Becerra’s record shows repeated high-level legal/regulatory actions supporting the trans industry, embedding "gender-affirming" models anywhere he can, while framing exploratory care or sex-based distinctions as “discrimination” by quoting U.S. trans activist-influenced guidelines (AAP, WPATH) over rigorous, evidence-based medical data. His actions and trend appear to be ideologically and profitably motivated by the trans industry. Let's examine his undemocratic and blind endorsement of gender ideology, in a timeline of his recent political career.
AS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL (2017–2021)
Becerra weaponized Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to mandate gender-affirming interventions:
- October 7, 2020 Kadel v. North Carolina amicus brief (led 17 states + D.C.): Supported state employees denied coverage for dysphoria treatments.
His words: “All people should have access to healthcare, period. This includes transgender individuals who have a right to live their lives with dignity, free from discrimination.” He cited California’s model laws protecting “transgender Americans from discrimination in accessing state services and benefits, including healthcare.”
He argued denial violates Section 1557’s “sex” discrimination ban.
He pushed mandatory insurance coverage for blockers/hormones/surgeries (off-label, unproven net benefit in youth) and reinforced changeable "gender identity" over biology in federal programs.
- 2019 lawsuit vs. Trump "Healthcare" Refusal Rule: Challenged exemptions allowing providers to decline transgender procedures on religious/moral grounds.
Action: Joined coalition; argued it enabled “discrimination.” Rule blocked in court.
He tried to force participation of universities and hospitals to make therapists and doctors comply, under threat of losing federal funds during Biden's presidency, subordinating clinical conscience and evidence gaps to gender ideology.
Additional actions:
He restricted state-funded travel to states with sex-based bathroom/sports laws.
He joined briefs for transgender student restrooms and against military ban.
Basically, he normalized travel bans and legal pressure as tools to enforce "gender-affirming" actions nationwide.
Xavier Becerra is a whole fascist.
AS HHS SECRETARY (2021–2025)
Becerra nationalized "gender-affirmation" as federal “medical necessity,” overriding caution:
- March 2022 post, Texas guidance: Responded to Texas order investigating affirming care as potential abuse.
Issued Information Memorandum directing child welfare agencies to “advance safety and support for LGBTQI+ youth, which importantly can include access to gender-affirming care”; HIPAA guidance shielding private info from parents/authorities; fact sheet declaring blockers/hormones “life-saving” per U.S. associations, reducing “depression and anxiety.” (He's such a creepy liar, OMG)
- In Senate hearing (Sen. Braun, May 2022): Defended procedures as “long examined and supported by medical experts”; noted “many transgender teenagers have died by suicide”; rejected removing guidance pending more research, insisting “decisions are made by that individual in consultation with physician and caregivers.”
Encouraged out-of-home placements for non-affirming families; chilled parental involvement and provider reporting; expanded access despite Cass-level evidence concerns.
- Pride statements and flag-raising (2022–2024):
Exact words: “We fight for the rights of our transgender and nonbinary employees... access health care, including gender-affirming care, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Symbolizing institutional commitment, he also integrated gender ideology into 988 lifeline and equity data collection at this time. Nothing apparently screams "Emergency" like the wrong personal pronoun to Mr No Free Speech Becerra. He would also like to see the data. No, not THAT "gender-affirming healthcare" harms data.
- Section 1557 Final Rule (May 2024):
Expanded “sex” discrimination to include gender identity; prohibited categorical denials of transition services by federally funded entities; required compliance officers/training.
Providers faced funding loss for dissent, and many were forced to go against evidence-based restraint to "transition" vulnerable patients.
Multiple states sued (Texas v. Becerra, Tennessee v. Becerra); courts issued stays/injunctions (nationwide on gender provisions by mid-2024; ongoing as of 2026) citing APA violations, RFRA burdens, post-Loper Bright overreach.
- Hearings:
Rep. Crenshaw (Apr 2024): Pressed on “questionable research from radical medical associations” vs. Cass; Becerra: “We rely on medical associations and the best evidence available.”
Rep. Miller: Clashed over mandating “sex change operations on children.”
He publicly and arrogantly dismissed independent reviews.
The House Oversight Committee in Aug 2024 probed HHS pressure on WPATH to drop pediatric age minimums in their Standards of Care version 8 (SOC 8) for political alignment. Xavier Becerra is out to get your kids for the trans industry, with "Catch 'em young" being his theme. Gotta catch' em all!
AS 2026 CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE
Becerra has pledged continued allegiance to the trans industry if becomes California Governor.
May 2026 Long Beach Pride: “I’ve spent my career defending LGBTQ+ civil rights and protecting access to healthcare, and as Governor, I will continue to stand with the community in the face of growing attacks.”
NBC interview: “Trans folks are people, and we owe them the ability to protect them and their rights... probably more Americans getting hit by lightning than trans Americans wanting to play in girls sports.”
EQCA endorsement (Apr 2026): For “affirming that transgender healthcare is medically necessary at the highest levels.”
He has signaled he will lead state-level resistance to federal evidence-based shifts; and seems to prioritize identity politics over sports fairness or desistance data if elected. He's going full steam ahead. Women's rights and child safety be damned. Trans industry "rights" are more important than your mere human rights.
SUMMARY
Becerra’s policies and language equate "gender-affirmation" with “dignity” and “life-saving” care while dismissing scrutiny, and his actions (lawsuits, rules, guidance) institutionalized mandates overriding clinical skepticism. California voters must think long and hard about handing over the state to Xavier Becerra. This shameless man has consistently ignored women's sex-based rights, harms to children and vulnerable adults as shown by mounting evidence against "gender-affirming healthcare", ignored detransitioner testimonies, and has compelled trans industry language and policies with coercion and transforming laws against public consensus. Be brave enough to investigate and question gender ideology, and what motivates such tyrannical trans activists like Xavier Becerra. 💵 💵 💵
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
- CA AG Kadel press release/quote (Oct 7, 2020).
- HHS 2022 guidance/CWLA hearing transcript (May 2022).
- Crenshaw hearing (Apr 24, 2024); Braun hearing (May 2022).
- Section 1557 Final Rule (Federal Register, May 6, 2024) & lawsuits (Texas v. Becerra, Tennessee v. Becerra; stays 2024–2026).
- House Oversight WPATH letter (Aug 27, 2024).
- EQCA endorsement (Apr 27, 2026)
- Becerra X posts/Pride statements (May 2026); NBC interview (Apr 2025).
#XavierBecerra #California #sexbasedrights #sexnotgender #genderidentity #genderaffirmingcare #humanrights #womensrights #facts #politics #medicalethics #donoharm
@ErinFriday75490 @WomenAreReals
The feds say Jeffco put up to 61 males on girls' sports teams — and also let them into girls' bathrooms and overnight accommodations. The district had a chance to fix it. It didn't. Now it has 10 days before losing federal funding.
https://t.co/hTFWYovnV7
Colorado's Governor just signed a law placing children on a "conveyor belt" of government & non-profit social interventions from "Cradle to College," inserting state-sponsored NGOs between children and parents.
The law further embeds gender ideology into state law, as program grants are exclusively available to orgs with a proven track record of fealty to "gender identity" ideology.
The Harlem Children's Zone-an NYC NGO with over $1,000,000,000 in assets-lobbied the Colorado legislature to pass the law. The HCZ-inspired law derives from Obama’s 2008 Promise Neighborhoods Initiative, a program with no track record of success.
Geoffrey Canada, the HCZ president paid roughly $1M annually, attended the signing as @GovofCO special guest.
HCZ is financially supported by former George Soros partner Stan Druckenmiller.
Details in 🧵below
https://t.co/nlqhH9ewT7
MEN IN WOMEN'S PRISONS IN THE UNITED STATES, a sickening consequence of gender ideology 🧵
BACKGROUND
🇺🇸 Federal policies on housing trans-identifying inmates trace primarily to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 and the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Standards issued on May 17, 2012, under Attorney General Eric Holder during the Obama administration. The standards (particularly §115.42) required case-by-case housing and programming decisions for trans-identifying and intersex inmates, mandating consideration of the inmate’s own views on personal safety and the pseudoscience concept of "gender identity", while prohibiting assignments based solely on "genital status". The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, Transgender Law Center, and National Center for Lesbian Rights submitted formal comments in 2010–2011 urging these provisions to "reduce sexual abuse".
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first incorporated gender identity in its guidance. In 2018, under the first Trump administration, the BOP revised the Transgender Offender Manual to prioritize a person's sex in housing decisions. The Biden administration reversed this: on January 25, 2022, BOP reissued Program Statement 5200.08 under Director M.D. Carvajal. It explicitly directed consideration of gender identity in housing, required use of preferred names and pronouns, and supported gender-affirming accommodations where legally required. Attorney General Merrick Garland oversaw the DOJ during this period. In 2025, the second Trump administration reversed course via an Executive Order on January 20, 2025, directing housing based on biological sex again, and banning federal funds for "gender-affirming care" in custody. BOP issued a memo on February 25, 2025, canceling the manual and related accommodations. However, federal judges issued preliminary injunctions in 2025 requiring continuation of some hormone therapy and accommodations for existing plaintiffs while litigation proceeds.
"Gender-affirming"treatments" (primarily hormone therapy, with some court-ordered surgeries) in federal prisons were funded through BOP health budgets when deemed medically necessary. Spending on hormone therapy ranged from $60,000 to $95,000 per year during the first Trump term and reached $153,000 in fiscal year 2022. More than 600 inmates had been prescribed such therapy by prison doctors as of 2025 court filings. The 2025 Executive Order sought to halt new treatments, but other court orders have kept some of it in place for existing cases.
STATE LEVEL SHENANIGANS
At the state level, policies vary but often follow PREA’s case-by-case framework or go further via legislation or administrative rules.
California enacted the most explicit law: Senate Bill 132 (SB 132), the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). It passed the legislature on August 31, 2020, was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29, 2020, and took effect January 1, 2021. The law requires the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to house, search, and treat trans-identifying, non-binary, and intersex inmates consistent with their self-reported gender identity, regardless of birth sex or anatomy, and prohibits intentional misgendering. In the first six months after implementation, 1,129 inmates self-identified as trans, non-binary, or intersex, with the overwhelming majority being males requesting female facilities. Implementation costs included one-time state General Fund expenditures in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for staff training, electronic records updates, and new ID cards, as well as increase in staffing and clinical workloads for gender-affirming medical care assessments. There was a lot of re-education.
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https://t.co/cuF2NBb73k
Another week, another attempt by woke academics to push sex pseudoscience.
In my video, I explain why a new paper in Neurotoxicology claiming that "sex is a spectrum," a "mosaic of factors," and a "conglomeration of variables" isn't just wrong, but totally self-refuting.
It tries to argue that the term "sex differences" is an "underdefined generalization that creates a distinct binary" when sex is actually a "spectrum."
So instead of saying "sex differences," the authors propose a new term: "Sex-Associated Variables," or SAVs. These SAVs, according to the authors, include morphological, genetic, and endocrine factors.
The authors state that "The use of SAVs allows for a more nuanced analysis of potential sex differences by using several different sex related characteristics as a defined variable that can be correlated with outcomes, rather than a reductive category."
But ask yourself this: How do the authors know which variables are "associated" with being male or female without knowing what males and females are independently of these SAVs?
The entire point of the paper is to deny a gamete-based view of sex on grounds that it is overly "reductive" and fails to capture the complexity of sex differences. But the authors are totally oblivious (or at least willfully ignorant) to the fact that their ability to assign SAVs to a particular sex, not just in humans but in non-human animals as well, necessarily presupposes the validity of the gamete-based view of sex.
Watch the video for a more detailed breakdown.
I've covered this argument, and many others, in great detail in my scholarly paper "Why There Are Exactly Two Sexes."
If you want a solid framework that exposes the central flaws in woke pseudoscience surrounding biological sex, I strongly recommend reading it. It's open access and relatively short.
Why There Are Exactly Two Sexes:https://t.co/k6VEmRcgqM
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