Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs late last week vetoed four bills related to drag shows. Among other things, the bills would have prevented public money from being used for a “drag show targeting minors.” In addition, the governor has vetoed a number of bills targeted at the LGBTQ+ community, including a so-called "bathroom bill."
Several states this year have approved measures preventing gender-reassignment surgery and conversations about gender in schools, among other provisions.
And even though those kinds of bills haven’t been enacted in Arizona this year, Casey Pick says the fact that they’re brought up at all is problematic to the LGBTQ+ community. She joined The Show to talk about why.
Pick is the director of law and policy at the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and mental health support organization for LGBTQ+ young people.
