State rep with ties to hate groups files similar bill that was vetoed last year.

Progressive policy experts say the repetitive attempt to erase trans people from public life is dehumanizing.

A conservative local House member endorsed and aligned with Christian nationalists has proposed legislation to end the legal recognition of people with sexual differences and prevent their access to gender-aligned public facilities.

Newly elected Rep. Lisa Fink (R-Glendale) is president of Protect Arizona Children Coalition, an organization that spreads disinformation about gender identity and sexual orientation since 2019. Protect Arizona Children Coalition’s original website now redirects to a project by Family Watch International, an anti-LGBTQ+ Southern Poverty Law Center-identified hate group based in Gilbert.

She was also recommended for state office by Arizona Women of Action’s political action committee. The local organizing group recruits parents to run for school board, and mentors current governing members in anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience through monthly virtual meetings since January this past year.