Tag: Leigh Finke
Demuth elected speaker as DFLers appear on House floor after three-week...
Lisa Demuth had already been elected speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives once this legislative session. But on Thursday, that designation was made official, as enough...
Trans politician calls Trump’s order on biological sex ‘public terrorism campaign’
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- A transgender politician claimed Monday that President Donald Trump initiated a “public terrorism campaign” with an executive order on...
MN Democrat calls minors transitioning without parental consent a ‘mythology’
Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, Minnesota's first transgender legislator, called the idea that some children are transitioning without parental consent "a mythology that has...
Surveillance video challenges media, activists’ narrative of alleged downtown Minneapolis attack
A report by WCCO TV last month led viewers to believe that two “transgender women” were attacked in a bias-motivated incident in downtown Minneapolis...
‘Male entitlement’: Tennis legend slams MN legislator for dismissing concerns about...
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova called out Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke this week, saying the transgender legislator’s “male entitlement is off the charts.”
The comments...
State fair poll yields surprising result on bans of rainbow flag...
A majority of participants in the 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives' State Fair Poll are in favor of allowing schools and government buildings to...
Health insurers would be required to cover ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors...
Health care insurance companies that do business in Minnesota would be required to cover “gender-affirming care" for children and adolescents under a bill that passed...
DFL bill would require some landlords to divest single-family homes or...
More than two dozen DFL lawmakers are hoping to advance a bill that would require “corporate” landlords to divest some of their single-family homes...
Democrats refuse to take up bill that would restore long-standing religious...
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives refused to take up a bill that would have restored long-standing religious liberties in Minnesota.
For decades, Minnesota...
DFL fast-tracks rainbow flag bill to House floor, despite GOP protest...
A bill that would prohibit public and charter schools from banning any displays of rainbow flags that teachers or staff post in classrooms is headed to the House floor.
But one...