I have spoken out and will continue to fight against these efforts in every way possible.
Continue fighting against state-level efforts to target and harass transgender people, including restrictions on gender-affirming care, sports participation, and bathroom access.
Occurrences
Evidence
Murphy’s LGBTQ Equality page says state legislatures are targeting transgender kids and adults with restrictions on gender-affirming care, sports, and bathroom access, and that he will continue to fight those efforts.
Murphy joined the Equality Act reintroduction to push back against attacks from state legislatures on LGBTQ+ rights nationwide, including protections tied to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
On the Senate floor, Murphy objected to a resolution attacking transgender youth and said the anti-trans sports panic was fearmongering and bullying.
Assessments
The promise was to continue fighting anti-trans state-level measures, not to fully end them. The evidence shows Murphy actively carried that commitment forward during his Senate term through concrete federal actions: joining the 2025 reintroduction of the Equality Act framed as a response to state attacks on LGBTQ rights, publicly opposing an anti-trans sports resolution on the Senate floor in 2024, and maintaining an official issues page in 2026 stating that he will keep fighting restrictions on gender-affirming care, sports participation, and bathroom access. Because the promise is about sustained advocacy and legislative opposition, these actions are sufficient to count as delivery even though the broader policy conflict remains ongoing.