Gov. JB Pritzker vows Illinois will boost sex changes after decisive Trump victory

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pledged Saturday to support his authorities unfastened to transgender attraction aft the issue, peculiarly regarding minors, became a bony of partisan contention during the statesmanlike election.

The billionaire governor, whose household is profoundly progressive successful the transgender movement, posted the tweet to people Transgender Awareness Week.

"This Transgender Awareness Week, I privation you to cognize that I spot you and person your backmost arsenic governor," wrote Pritzker. "Illinois has enshrined protections for gender-affirming attraction to conscionable this infinitesimal — and due to the fact that of that, you volition person a location present always."

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His authorities is 1 of several, including Minnesota and California, critics accidental foster a clime that encourages immoderate children to question alleged "gender-affirming care." 

Pritzker's cousin, Jennifer, was calved a antheral but present identifies arsenic a pistillate and is an outspoken proponent of transgender treatment. Jennifer (née James) Pritzker was a lieutenant colonel successful the United States Army National Guard and is simply a begetter of three. 

Jennifer Pritzker besides leads the Chicago-based Tawani Foundation, which awards grants to organizations that enactment "gender and quality sexuality," according to its website. The Pritzker household luck was made successful Hyatt Hotels.

Col. Jennifer Pritzker, the archetypal openly transgender billionaire, poses for pictures astatine Hyatt Hotel.  (Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

"Continuing my family’s contented of putting idiosyncratic philanthropy into work for the nationalist good, the Tawani Foundation strives to marque grants that empower the organizations we enactment to recognize and physique connected their missions," Jennifer wrote connected the foundation's website.

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Illinois is 1 of the astir progressive states successful the federation erstwhile it comes to minors who place arsenic the other sex.

Gov. Pritzker enacted guidance done the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHR) successful December 2021 astir non-discrimination protections for "transgender, nonbinary and sex nonconforming students" nether the Illinois Human Rights Act of 1979.

"Ensuring each Illinois pupil has entree to a safe, validating learning situation wherever they tin beryllium their existent aforesaid is simply a apical precedence for my administration," Pritzker said successful a release. "This guidance from the Illinois Department of Human Rights volition supply students, caregivers, and educators different instrumentality to guarantee classrooms are welcoming, affirming, and inclusive for each students."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker attends the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting astatine New York Hilton Midtown Sept. 24, 2024, successful New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

In Illinois, biologic males tin vie with females nether Pritzker's guidance successful schoolhouse oregon nine sports.

Additionally, "use of restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms whitethorn not beryllium restricted based upon a student’s carnal anatomy oregon chromosomal sex. A pupil indispensable beryllium permitted to entree restrooms oregon bathrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms that align with their gender-related individuality and without having to supply documentation oregon different impervious of gender," according to the IDHR.

Pritzker's argumentation clarifies that "discomfort oregon privateness concerns of different students, teachers, oregon parents" are "not valid reasons to contradict oregon bounds the afloat and adjacent usage of facilities based connected a student’s gender-related identity."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a transgender enactment rally astatine Federal Building Plaza April 27, 2022, successful Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The 2024 statesmanlike election's nationwide GOP mandate is giving Democrats who publically supported "gender-affirming" policies for minors pause.

In a February 2023 video, President-elect Trump said, "I volition past

In Illinois, Medicaid tin cover sex modulation surgeries and drugs for those who are 21 years oregon older nether Gov. Pritzker.

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Pritzker's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.