Overview
- Gov. Tony Evers signed five vetoes Tuesday at the Wisconsin Capitol in a private ceremony with LGBTQ families, blocking a package of Republican bills.
- The measures would have required K–12 and college teams to be set by sex at birth, set school rules on legal names and pronouns, banned most gender-affirming care for minors, and allowed lawsuits against providers.
- Evers said the bills would codify discrimination and worsen mental health by fueling harassment and threats to transgender and nonbinary kids.
- Bill authors argued they were protecting fairness and safety, citing a 2024 Marquette poll and a 2023 Sun Prairie locker-room incident.
- No override has been reported, and Wisconsin’s high school sports association already bars students born male from competing on girls’ teams.