NC Lt. Gov. falsely says clinics performed “transgender surgery” on 5-year-olds

The claim is just the latest in Mark Robinson’s long history of ignorant, unapologetically anti-LGBTQ+ statements.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson
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Despite admitting that he has never met anyone who “understands” what he characterizes as the transgender “agenda,” North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ+ Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (R) claims that “clinics” are performing “transgender surgery” on 5-year-olds.

Robinson, who officially announced his bid to become North Carolina’s next governor, made the false claim twice over the weekend, during an appearance in Georgia at the Faith Over Fear Rally, an event hosted by gun rights activist Lucretia Hughes, WGHP reports.

“I can assure you of this,” Robinson said during his speech at the event, “if you believe that a 5-year-old should have transgender surgery, I am sorry, but you are a bad person. You are a child abuser, and you should be placed in jail. And I draw a hard line with that. If our society continues to cosign on the abusing of our children in that way, we will not have a society for long.”

In an interview with Hughes following his speech, Robinson repeated the false claim.

“I don’t care what anyone says. When you start talking about clinics allowing 5-year-olds to have transgender surgery, that is outrageous, that is abusive,” he told Hughes. “As far as I’m concerned, it should be illegal. You know that’s one of the many social issues that we’re going to try to push back against.”

Contrary to what Robinson and other anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans seem to think, gender-affirming surgery isn’t performed on minors. While every major…

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