South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem previously signed a law that bans transgender students from joining sports teams that coincide with their gender identity, yet doesn’t understand why around 90% of South Dakota’s LGBTQ+ community suffers from anxiety and depression. When confronted with this fact, Noem replied that she doesn’t know and that it “makes me [Noem] sad and we should figure it out”. Yeah, you should figure it out. Cenk Uygur, Jayar Jackson and Helen Hong discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/17/gov-who-signed-anti-trans-bill-i-dont-know-why-lgbtq-people-are-anxious-depressed
“Two weeks after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a law banning transgender students from joining sports teams that match their gender identity, the Republican came under fire Thursday for her apparent ignorance of difficulties faced by many LGBTQ+ people.
During a press briefing, reporter Kyle Ireland asked Noem: “There’s a statistic circling around right now that 90% of South Dakota’s LGBTQ community is diagnosed with either anxiety or depression. Why do you think that is?”
The governor responded: “I don’t know. That makes me sad and we should figure it out.”
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) shared a video of the exchange on Twitter and noted that discriminatory policies like the one Noem approved earlier this month “can be directly correlated to anxiety, depression, and even suicidal ideation” in LGBTQ+ youth.”
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