GOP governor calls for ban on drag shows & pronouns preferences to protect “free speech”

Governor Kristi Noem (R)
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South Dakota’s anti-trans Gov. Kristi Noem (R) wrote a letter to the state’s college governing board requesting that they ban drag shows from public college campuses and remove all references to “preferred pronouns” in school materials.

Noem described higher education as “in a state of crisis” and said that “many states have allowed liberal ideologies to poison their universities and colleges.”

“Once a hotbed of ideological diversity, debate, and the pursuit of truth and discovery, many institutions have become one-sided, close-minded, and focused on feelings rather than facts,” she said.

Noem also decried the fact that “students have been taught the importance of diversity and equity,” and she blamed “safe spaces” and diversity initiatives for low graduation rates and post-grad underemployment.

Noem then provided a list of requests for the board, including the banning of…

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