GET ME REWRITE: As we boogie our way to autocracy, too many people are still freaking out over transgender youth

 

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 6/23/2025

Brianne Pfannenstiel and Marissa Payne report on the GOP's favorite distraction:

Conway said he appreciated Sand’s “unequivocable answer” because “it enables us to move on.” 

“I think a lot of those social issues are really distractions from the pocketbook stuff that’s making Iowans hurt,” Sand said.

But moving on risks alienating base voters — particularly trans and queer Iowans — who are looking to the Democratic Party for support at a time when Republicans in the state have rolled back civil rights protections and unleashed a torrent of laws targeting the trans community.

Source:  Disparities in School Connectedness, Unstable Housing, 

Experiences of Violence, Mental Health, and Suicidal Thoughts 

and Behaviors Among Transgender and Cisgender High School Students —
Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023 (CDC)

The number of transgender student-athletes is even smaller, as not all transgender youth participate in sports.

Apparently, Iowa Republicans can't talk about anything else when it comes to campaigning.

2025

What;s the matter with Iowa?  Kimmi the Clown endorses GOP assault on transgender community.  (6/12)

GOP continues to pander to MAGA base,  (5/15)

Taking away civil rights from a vulnerable population.  (3/16)

Kimmi the Clown moves her state backwards. (3/3)

GOP transphobia reaches a mad froth.  (3/1)

GOP doubles down in its transphobia.  (2/25)

Rampant GOP transphobia.  (2/21)

Rampant GOP homophobia.  (2/13)

2024

Kimmi, its homophobic, one-woman clown-show of a governor .  (4/1)

2023

Iowa voters smack down Kimmi the Clowns book banning and anti-LBGTQ crusades.  (11/9)

Transphobia run amok.  (9/13)

GOP in-your-face racism and homophobia.  (9/2)

Sexual Aversion Disorder and homophobia is running rampant within the ranks.  (4/20)