Jeff Shipley

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In late January 2024, Shipley proposed a bill to remove gender identity protections from Iowa civil rights law and classify [[gender dysphoria]] as a disability. The bill was eventually rejected on January 31.<ref name="rights">{{cite web |title=Iowa House lawmakers reject bill to remove gender identity protections from Iowa civil rights law |url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/31/iowa-house-lawmakers-reject-bill-to-remove-gender-identity-protections-from-iowa-civil-rights-law/ |website=Iowa Capital Dispatch |access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref> Shipley previously compared affirming [[transgender]] identity or gender dysphoria to affirming a [[sarcoma]], saying "a sarcoma would be treated with aggressive therapies to remove or heal the cancerous growth and that same medical framework should be applied to the epidemic of identity disorders".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Iowa House votes to ban transgender girls from girls’ sports |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2022-02-22/iowa-house-votes-to-ban-transgender-girls-from-girls-sports |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Iowa Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> In late January 2024, Shipley proposed a bill to remove gender identity protections from Iowa civil rights law and classify [[gender dysphoria]] as a disability. The bill was eventually rejected on January 31.<ref name="rights">{{cite web |title=Iowa House lawmakers reject bill to remove gender identity protections from Iowa civil rights law |url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/31/iowa-house-lawmakers-reject-bill-to-remove-gender-identity-protections-from-iowa-civil-rights-law/ |website=Iowa Capital Dispatch |access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref> Shipley previously compared affirming [[transgender]] identity or gender dysphoria to affirming a [[sarcoma]], saying "a sarcoma would be treated with aggressive therapies to remove or heal the cancerous growth and that same medical framework should be applied to the epidemic of identity disorders".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Iowa House votes to ban transgender girls from girls’ sports |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2022-02-22/iowa-house-votes-to-ban-transgender-girls-from-girls-sports |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Iowa Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>
In March of 2026, Shipley was confronted by a [[Cedar Falls]] about a bill which made [[Ivermectin]] available over the counter. In response, Shipley called the resident a "[[retard (pejorative)|r*tarded]] [[faggot|f*ggot]]". After facing backlash from this incident, Shipley apologized to the resident, stating "I'm sorry for calling you a name, but in my defense you were being super condescending and antagonistic."<ref>https://iowastartingline.com/2026/03/25/iowa-rep-jeff-shipley-called-a-cedar-falls-resident-slurs-after-he-confronted-shipley-about-a-bill/</ref>

==Electoral history== ==Electoral history==