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Transphobic
and
homophobic MAGA
Republican
Lisa Fink
is a member
of the
Arizona
House of
Representatives,
representing
District 27.
She assumed
office on
January 13,
2025. Her
current term
ends on
January 11,
2027. Fink
is running
for
re-election
to the
Arizona
House of
Representatives
to represent
District 27.
She declared
candidacy
for the
Republican
primary
scheduled on
July 21,
2026. |
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SUMMATION
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Arizona
State
Representative
Lisa Fink
(R-Glendale)
has
sponsored
and
advocated
for multiple
legislative
measures
that
LGBTQIA+
advocacy
groups
describe as
discriminatory
or harmful
to the
community.
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Her
legislative
record and
public
positions
include the
following: |
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Legislative
Sponsorships |
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House
Bill
2062
(Arizona
Sex-Based
Terms
Act):
Fink
sponsored
this
bill in
2025,
which
seeks to
legally
define
sex
strictly
as
"male"
or
"female"
based on
biological
reproductive
characteristics.
(ref
1)
(ref
2)
(ref
3)
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- Impact: Critics and advocacy groups like Stonewall Democrats of Arizona state this bill effectively "scrubs" transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals from public record.
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- Provisions: The measure would allow state agencies and schools to bar transgender individuals from bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams that align with their gender identity.
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House
Bill 2085
(Gender
Transition
Prohibitions):
In 2026,
Fink
sponsored
this
legislation
to prohibit
health
professionals
from
providing
gender
transition
procedures,
including
puberty
blockers and
cross-sex
hormones, to
minors under
18.
(ref) |
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- Impact: The bill also bars the use of public funds (such as AHCCCS) or government facilities for these procedures.
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Advocacy and
Affiliations |
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Protect
Arizona
Children
Coalition
(PACC):
Fink
serves
as the
president
of this
organization,
which
opposes
"gender
ideology"
and
comprehensive
sexuality
education
in
schools.
(ref)
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Organizational
Ties:
Media
reports
have
highlighted
her
connections
to
Family
Watch
International,
an
organization
designated
as an
anti-LGBTQ+
hate
group by
the
Southern
Poverty
Law
Center.
(ref)
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Public
Positions:
Fink
has
publicly
campaigned
on
"protecting
women's
sports
from
biological
males"
and
defending
the
rights
of women
to have
sex-segregated
restrooms
and
changing
rooms.
(ref)
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Political
Context |
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Fink’s bills
often mirror
legislation
that was
previously
vetoed by
Governor
Katie Hobbs,
who has
pledged to
block any
measures she
considers
anti-LGBTQ+.
While Fink
describes
her measures
as
"housekeeping"
to ensure
biological
accuracy in
state data,
Democratic
lawmakers
and LGBTQ+
advocates
argue they
contribute
to a climate
of "hate and
violence"
against the
transgender
community.
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Arizona
State
Representative
Lisa Fink
(R-Glendale)
has been
involved in
several
controversies
primarily
centered on
her
legislative
focus on
LGBTQIA+
restrictions,
reproductive
rights, and
education
policy. |
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Abortion and
Constitutional
Defiance
(ref) |
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Defiance
of Prop.
139:
In March
2026,
Fink
sparked
controversy
by
publicly
stating
she
would
not
uphold
the
Arizona
Constitution's
guarantee
of
abortion
rights
(established
by Prop.
139)
because
it
conflicted
with her
Christian
beliefs.
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"Higher
Moral
Law"
Claim:
During a
news
conference,
she
argued
that
"there
is a
higher
moral
law that
does not
change
based on
votes,"
a stance
that
critics
labeled
as an
open
defiance
of her
oath of
office.
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Education
and Mental
Health
(ref
1)
(ref
2)
(ref
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Mental
Health
Education
Repeal:
Fink
sponsored
HB
2093
to
repeal a
2021 law
requiring
mental
health
and
social-emotional
learning
(SEL) in
schools.
She
claimed
SEL was
a
vehicle
for
"critical
race
theory"
and
gender
ideology,
though
educators
warned
the
repeal
could
worsen
Arizona’s
high
youth
suicide
rates.
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School
Indoctrination
Claims:
She has
been a
vocal
critic
of
"radical"
sex
education
and has
advocated
for
policies
that
would
allow
parents
to sue
schools
over the
use of
preferred
pronouns.
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Other Policy
Disputes
(ref
1)
(ref
2) |
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"Medical
Freedom"
and
Vaccines:
Fink
has
introduced
legislation
to treat
mRNA
treatments
as "bioweapons"
and to
ban
nearly
all
vaccine
requirements
in
workplaces
and
schools,
clashing
with
public
health
experts.
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Federal
Overreach:
Her
"Make
Arizona
Sovereign
Again"
bill
package
aims to
limit
federal
authority
in the
state,
which
some
critics
have
called
hypocritical
for
ignoring
federal
executive
actions
that
align
with her
own
party's
interests.
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‘A Higher Moral
Law’: Republicans
Openly Defy
Arizona’s Abortion
Amendment And Their
Oaths Of Office |
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"More than 60% of
Arizona voters chose
to make abortion a
right two years ago,
but Republican
lawmakers continue
to push ways to ban
it — and they say
that ignoring the
mandate from their
constituents is the
right thing to do."
[ . . . ] "During a
Thursday morning
news conference held
in partnership with
Arizona Right to
Life, Republican
legislators
committed to keep
backing and
proposing
anti-abortion bills,
despite the conflict
with the state
constitution.
Surrounded by a
crowd of
anti-abortion
activists holding
graphic posters
comparing the
procedure to murder
and rape, Rep.
Lisa Fink
acknowledged that
abortion is now a
legal right in
Arizona. But the
Glendale Republican
waved away the idea
that Prop. 139
reflects what voters
want, claiming that
not every law is
“just” or should be
followed. Fink, who
represents a
district in which
72% of people voted
for Prop. 139,
said that she and
other Republicans
who took an oath to
uphold the
constitution won’t
actually do that if
it contradicts their
Christian beliefs." |
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Mar. 26, 2026 |
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State Rep With Ties
To Hate Groups Files
Similar Anti-LGBTQ+
Bill That Was Vetoed
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"Newly elected Rep.
Lisa Fink
(R-Glendale) is
president of Protect
Arizona Children
Coalition, an
organization that
spreads
disinformation about
gender identity and
sexual orientation
since 2019. Protect
Arizona Children
Coalition’s original
website now
redirects to a
project by Family
Watch International,
an anti-LGBTQ+
Southern Poverty Law
Center-identified
hate group based in
Gilbert. She was
also recommended for
state office by
Arizona Women of
Action’s political
action committee.
The local organizing
group recruits
parents to run for
school board, and
mentors current
governing members in
anti-LGBTQ+
pseudoscience
through monthly
virtual meetings
since January this
past year." |
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Jan. 16, 2026 |
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First Amendment Day
And The Insincerity
Of Rep. Lisa Fink |
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"Fink
claims states should
reclaim authority
when federal laws
stray beyond proper
bounds, but what
does Fink have to
say about troops
being dispatched to
cities across the
country? Apparently
nothing. Moreover,
Fink and her
colleagues have
indeed applauded and
stood by when
Republicans pushed
for federal mandates
on issues like
education standards,
immigration
enforcement, or
reproductive rights,
overriding the same
state discretion
Fink claims to
champion. So which
is it,
Representative? " |
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Sep. 25, 2025 |
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Contentious Hearing
Ends With Committee
Approval Of
Transgender
Restrictions |
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"At issue for the
committee was House
Bill 2062, sponsored
by Rep. Lisa Fink,
R-Glendale, which
would allow schools
and other state
agencies to bar
trans people from
using bathrooms or
locker rooms that
align with their
gender identity.
Trans Arizonans
would also be banned
from joining
athletic teams or
living in domestic
violence shelters
that reflect their
identities." |
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Mar. 5, 2025 |
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Some LGBTQ+
Arizonans Are
Avoiding The State
Capitol For Safety |
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"Republican Rep.
Lisa Fink — a
new lawmaker with
ties to Christian
nationalists —
created a bill
requiring the state
to identify every
person as either
male or female while
creating distinct,
separate spaces for
both genders in
places like locker
rooms and domestic
violence shelters." |
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Feb. 28, 2025 |
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Continued
State-Level Attacks
On LGBTQ+ Arizonans
Fall In Line With
Trump’s Executive
Orders |
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"Glendale Republican
Rep. Lisa Fink’s
House Bill 2062,
called the “Arizona
Sex-Based Terms
Act,” mirrors the
president’s
misinformation on
the subjects of
gender and sex. If
signed into law,
Fink’s bill would
require that sex be
defined as only
“male” or “female,”
prohibits
governmental
recognition of
gender identity, and
scrubs the existence
of transgender,
nonbinary, or
intersex Arizonans
from public record." |
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Feb. 3, 2025 |
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Chemtrail Believers
Sway GOP Lawmakers
To Support
Geoengineering Ban |
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"“Whether you know
it or not, your body
is part of their
laboratory,” Crystal
Hansen told the
committee claiming
that the vapor
trails left behind
by airliners are
“not condensation,”
citing a website
that has posted
altered videos and
photos as “evidence”
of the conspiracy.
The geography of the
Phoenix metropolitan
area, where many of
those who spoke in
favor of Fink’s
House Bill 2056 said
they reside, plays a
role in those
long-hanging
contrails that many
see as “proof” of a
larger conspiracy.
The region sits
basically in a bowl
surrounded by
mountains, with an
inversion above that
bowl that traps the
air below it." |
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Jan. 28, 2025 |
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Source |
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Lisa
Fink |
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4. |
Conscience Rights for
Professionals: Prohibiting the government
from denying required licensure or
certification to individuals because of
their religious or political beliefs.
(That good old
fashioned "Religious Freedom") |
SUPPORT |
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Conscience Rights for
Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting
faith-based organizations (e.g.
adoption/foster care providers, private
schools) from regulations that cause them to
violate their sincerely held religious
beliefs.
(Discrimination against members of the
LGBTQIA+ community) |
SUPPORT |
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Privacy in Financial
Giving: Protecting confidential donor
information so individuals are able to
privately support charities and causes of
their choice without fear of being doxed.
(Dark money doesn't
like being exposed to the light of day) |
SUPPORT |
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Parental Rights in Gender
Identity Counseling: Allowing parents to
obtain professional counseling for a child
struggling with gender confusion to help the
child find comfort with his or her
biological sex.
(The dangerous and
disproven "Reparative Therapy) |
SUPPORT |
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9. (a) |
Protected Class for
Sexual Orientation: Elevating “sexual
orientation” to a protected class alongside
race, religion, sex, age, and disability in
nondiscrimination law. |
OPPOSE |
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9. (b) |
Protected Class for
Gender Identity: Elevating “gender identity”
to a protected class alongside race,
religion, sex, age, and disability in
nondiscrimination law.
(GASP! How could they
survive if they weren't able to
discriminate???) |
OPPOSE |
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Medical
Rights
of
Conscience:
Protecting
health
care
workers
from
losing
their
jobs if
they
decline
to
participate
in a
procedure
or
treatment
that
violates
their
personal
beliefs
and
conscience.
(Transgender
transitioning) |
SUPPORT |
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Women’s Privacy:
Preventing males who identify as female from
entering sex-separated spaces intended for
females, such as showers, locker rooms,
bathrooms, dormitories, women’s shelters,
prisons, etc.
(Just another way of
discriminating against the Transgendered) |
SUPPORT |
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Source |
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For more information on "The Alliance
Defending Freedom" |
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