GOP Kentucky candidate for governor promises no “transgenders” in schools

Kelly Craft
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A Kentucky gubernatorial candidate has promised no “transgenders” in the state’s school system if she is elected.

Republican Kelly Craft is running for her party’s gubernatorial nomination, facing off against 12 other candidates in the May 16 primary. As the Associated Press notes, the former United Nations Ambassador has campaigned against so-called “woke” ideologies supposedly infiltrating Kentucky schools.

Her running mate, state Sen. Max Wise (R), was a co-sponsor of the state’s S.B. 150, an anti-LGBTQ+ omnibus bill. The bill included bans on gender-affirming care for young people, bans on teachers from using pronouns that “do not conform to a student’s biological sex as indicated on the student’s original, unedited birth certificate,” bans on discussions of sexuality in grades K through 6, bans on discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation at all grade levels, and bans on trans kids using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

During a telephone town hall event on Monday, Craft was asked how her administration would “combat the transgender agenda” in Kentucky schools.

“Under a Craft-Wise administration, we will not have transgenders…

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