Noem announced Adam’s retirement Monday morning, four days after the Republican governor condemned the transgender health summit.
Posted BY: Wyatt | NwoReport
(The Daily Signal) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced the retirement of her state health secretary, Joan Adam, days after the government discovered that the state Health Department had contracted with a transgender activist group that will host a “gender summit” next month.
Noem announced Adam’s retirement Monday morning, four days after the Republican governor condemned the transgender health summit.
“Gov. Kristi Noem is reviewing all Department of Health contracts and immediately terminated a contract with The Transformation Project,” Ian Fury, Noem’s chief of communications, told The Daily Signal on Friday. “The contract was signed without Gov. Noem’s prior knowledge or approval.”
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Fury sent The Daily Signal a copy of the document dissolving the state contract.
“South Dakota does not support this organization’s efforts, and state government should not be participating in them,” Noem told The Daily Signal in a statement provided by Fury. “We should not be dividing our youth with radical ideologies. We should treat every single individual equally as a human being.”
Noem did not mention the transgender issue in the press release about Adam’s retirement.
“Joan has lived a life of service to the Pierre community and to the people of South Dakota,” Noem said in the statement prepared for the release. “She has been able to put families first because she recognizes the importance of her own family. I am grateful for her advice and wish her the best on everything that she does.”
