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![From "them":
Gavin Newsom Cites Trans Godson While Taking Anti-Trans Position
The California governor said that the states trans-inclusive laws around sports should change.
By
Samantha Riedel
October 27, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom doubled down on his comments about transgender athletes in an interview last week, saying that a state law protecting trans student athletes should be changed while still casting himself as a trans rights advocate.
Speaking to California public broadcast station KQED, Newsom defended remarks he made to the late right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on the first episode of his podcast earlier this year. Newsom said, at the time, that policies which allow trans women and girls to play in women’s sports leagues — including K-12 student-athletes — are “deeply unfair” and that conservatives’ “concerns” about such policies are “completely legit.”
“[W]hen it comes to sports, that’s impacting other people’s rights. It’s different,” Newsom told KQED, adding, “I agree on the issue of fairness in that respect, that it is unfair in these circumstances, and I haven't been able to reconcile it.” Newsom went on to say that there should be “nuance and grace” in policies impacting trans athletes’ participation, drawing a distinction between competitive and recreational events while denying he had “roll[ed] people under the bus.” At one point, Newsom stressed that he had “only one godson, who is trans” in defending his conversation about trans rights with Kirk, adding that he “hope[s] people actually listen to the episode.”
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Newsom also pushed back against criticism for having right-wing propagandists like Kirk and Steve Bannon on his podcast, decrying what he referred to as political “litmus tests” and saying “[y]ou don't have to listen to it.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vbjt34xi2fiib7fslbuyzame/bafkreigbl2rgmizuxjto3sernc5uvjysj743kbtbbhicwlfsj3aod6u2ym)
