Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed two bills this week that would have enshrined a shield law for health care providers who offer gender-affirming care and ensured protections for transgender people incarcerated at local jails.

The vetoes come as President Donald Trump, who Lombardo supported in the election, has escalated attacks against the LGBTQ+ community in the first few months of his second term and issued several anti-trans orders, including one that blocked federal support for gender-affirming medical care to patients younger than 19.

The governor “turned his back on LGBTQ+ Nevadans and their families — vetoing two critical protections just days into Pride Month,” Silver State Equality State Director André Wade said in a statement. “These bills would have provided critical prot

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