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Brian Heywood’s initiative factory is active again: Multimillionaire will circulate petitions for two measures to sabotage youth and LGBTQ+ rights

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After mostly laying low this summer, Heywood has now disclosed plans to try to qualify two measures to the 2026 Washington State Legislature. One attempts to overturn the landmark student rights and parental involvement law that the Legislature passed back in the spring, which superseded one of the three Heywood-backed initiatives that did not go to the ballot in 2024. The other cruelly targets transgender youth, seeking to bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports. 

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