Liz Walsh

1. Under what circumstances should a transgender person be limited to using facilities designated for their sex assigned at birth (e.g. a trans woman required to use a men’s restroom or locker room)?

None.

2. Do you support protecting medical providers’ right to prescribe gender affirming care to transgender patients under 18 years old?

Yes.

3. What limits, if any, should be placed on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in county government?

None come to mind.

4. What restrictions should be placed on children’s content (books, videos, etc.) that refers to LGBTQ+ identities?

Only those restrictions that subject matter experts on literature and child development advise.

5. What proof, if any, should a person transitioning from one gender to another need to in order to change government issued documents? Are there any circumstances when this should be forbidden?

I see no reason to obstruct or forbid this taking place at the request of any person transitioning.

6. Do you approve of non-binary gender markers such as “X” instead of “M” or “F” on government documents? Why or why not?

Yes. “X” provides to trans and non-binary persons a government-mandated demographic marker that aligns with who they are, no differently than “M” or “F” does for cisgender persons.

7. Should a transgender child who wants to participate in athletics but is uncomfortable in a program for their sex assigned at birth be allowed to participate in a program for the gender they transitioned to? (e.g. a transgender girl who is uncomfortable playing on a boys’ team but who wants to take part in sports).

Yes.

8. When transgender people are incarcerated or detained, how should officials decide what gender they should be held with?

As the detainee self identifies.

9. What restrictions, if any, would be appropriate on entertainment, such as drag shows, with content that involves crossdressing or other gender-nonconforming behavior?

None that wouldn’t also be applied to cisgender performances.

10. When should therapies, such as conversion therapy, that seek to alter patients’ LGBTQ+ identity or change the behavior associated with such an identity, be allowed? When should they be restricted? Does it matter if the patient is a minor?

Never. For decades now, mainstream medicine has rejected the alleged curative effects of these practices.