Coffee, Culture, and the Capitol
Oct 15, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
The legislative session is over, and Governor Newsom has made his choices. Sophia Lorey and Greg Burt go through the six pro-gender ideology bills he just signed into law. These include a counseling…
Greg BurtHost
Sophia LoreyHost
He's coming to the end of his second term, and that means he is really revealing the things he really believes in, right? He didn't have to do this, but he did.
And so some of the bills you can look online, and of course, the gender ideology, when we talk about that, what we mean is this whole idea that you, th- there aren't just two sexes determined by biology.
There are unlimited number of genders, and gender identity is something each person determines based on their own feelings.
And this kind of thought is being implemented into policy that's doing all kinds of damage to the family.
It's doing all kinds of damage to kids, sports, women in prison, intimate spaces for women everywhere.
And so, uh, the particular bills I always want to highlight, I'm not gonna go over all six of them, but of course one of them regards counseling, uh, the state wants to offer to these kids who are struggling, right? A lot of these kids have mental health issues, and, you know, they're, they realize the kids are struggling, and so what are they gonna do? They're gonna push them towards the gender identity philosophy, and the way they're doing that is suicide hotlines.
And on the back of your s- student's student ID already, uh, a number, a 988 number, this is a, a national suicide hotline, and the federal government had pulled funding, uh, for the Trevor Project, which is an LGBTQ organization that would push, uh, kids towards gender ideology.
California has run to the rescue and provided more money to make sure that if they dial that number, uh, they will be routed to a pro-LGBT group.
Why do you, why are so many kids struggling with mental health issues? Well, you tell them to depend on their feelings for their identity, and that's what happens.
Lots of mental confusion and anxiety and not feeling good about yourself and depending on your feelings for everything.
And another bill that we were really fighting against was AB 1876, and this was a bill that said insurance cannot say no to what they called gender surgeries and gender drugs.
Uh, these are, uh, cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and double mastectomies, and all kinds of other balty- body-altering surgeries to make you look like the opposite sex.
Instead of helping them with their mental illness, uh, helping them feel comfortable in their own body, what they're telling them, "Well, if you think you're a male, you must be one, so let's make you look like one through drugs and surgeries." This bill more or less says, if a hospital s- if a insurance company s- says, "No, we're not gonna pay for that," that would be considered discrimination.
He's coming to the end of his second term, and that means he is really revealing the things he really believes in, right? He didn't have to do this, but he did.
And so some of the bills you can look online, and of course, the gender ideology, when we talk about that, what we mean is this whole idea that you, th- there aren't just two sexes determined by biology.
There are unlimited number of genders, and gender identity is something each person determines based on their own feelings.
And this kind of thought is being implemented into policy that's doing all kinds of damage to the family.
It's doing all kinds of damage to kids, sports, women in prison, intimate spaces for women everywhere.
And so, uh, the particular bills I always want to highlight, I'm not gonna go over all six of them, but of course one of them regards counseling, uh, the state wants to offer to these kids who are struggling, right? A lot of these kids have mental health issues, and, you know, they're, they realize the kids are struggling, and so what are they gonna do? They're gonna push them towards the gender identity philosophy, and the way they're doing that is suicide hotlines.
And on the back of your s- student's student ID already, uh, a number, a 988 number, this is a, a national suicide hotline, and the federal government had pulled funding, uh, for the Trevor Project, which is an LGBTQ organization that would push, uh, kids towards gender ideology.
California has run to the rescue and provided more money to make sure that if they dial that number, uh, they will be routed to a pro-LGBT group.
Why do you, why are so many kids struggling with mental health issues? Well, you tell them to depend on their feelings for their identity, and that's what happens.
Lots of mental confusion and anxiety and not feeling good about yourself and depending on your feelings for everything.
And another bill that we were really fighting against was AB 1876, and this was a bill that said insurance cannot say no to what they called gender surgeries and gender drugs.
Uh, these are, uh, cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and double mastectomies, and all kinds of other balty- body-altering surgeries to make you look like the opposite sex.
Instead of helping them with their mental illness, uh, helping them feel comfortable in their own body, what they're telling them, "Well, if you think you're a male, you must be one, so let's make you look like one through drugs and surgeries." This bill more or less says, if a hospital s- if a insurance company s- says, "No, we're not gonna pay for that," that would be considered discrimination.
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