Grand Canyon Times

The organization Gays Against Groomers (GAG) called Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) "a disgrace" after Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have prevented boys from using the same school bathrooms as girls.

"Anyone that believes biological men (many of whom wear the trans identify as a shield to be predators without pushback) belong in a locker room with little girls IS in fact a pervert," tweeted GAG. "Katie Hobbs do better. You’re a disgrace to women and children."

The bill vetoed by Hobbs, SB 1040, would require "a public school to provide access to a single-occupancy or employee restroom or changing facility to a person who is unwilling or unable to use a multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility designated for the person's sex or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters," according to an Arizona State Senate fact sheet.

The bill passed the State Senate on February 28, 2023 by a vote of 16 to 14. The State House passed the bill on May 15 with a vote of 31 to 27 (with one member "not voting.") Hobbs vetoed the bill on June 8.

The GAG tweet was in response to a Brietbart story about an early tweet in which the GAG called Hobbs a "pervert" for her veto of SB 1040.

NE Valley Times previously reported that the sponsor of SB 1040, State Sen. John Kavanagh (R-3, criticized Hobbs when she vetoed the bill, saying that, "Democrat Legislators and Governor Hobbs are catering to an extremist culture by pushing 'gender neutrality' as a means to win political points from their liberal base while stealing dignity away from women and girls in the process."