We're Here Stars Tried to Meet Gov. Kristi Noem — She Hid in Her Office
We're Here season 2. In episode 6 of the series — which features drag stars Shangela, Bob the Drag Queen, and Eureka traveling across America spreading acceptance, confidence, and more — Rambow introduces herself as an ardent LGBTQ+ ally who founded the South Dakota LGBTQ+ organization Watertown Love."I may be 5 foot 2, but I can be pretty fierce," she said in the episode. "I’m going to push, I’m going to fight, I’m going to educate you and try to get you to see that there’s a whole lot more out there than just your own little world." This week, she and her trans child, Alex Rambow, took that fight to the front door of South Dakota Gov.
Kristi Noem.Earlier this month, Noem signed an anti-trans sports bill into law. The measure, Senate Bill 46, was the first anti-trans legislation signed by a governor in 2022, barring trans girls and women from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.
Noem authored and submitted the law herself. While visiting the Capitol Building for Equality South Dakota's Visibility and Advocacy Day, Amy thought she had the perfect opportunity to speak to the elected official about the move. "It really wasn't planned ahead," Rambow tells The Advocate.
Watertown Love, an organization for LGBTQ+ youth, parents, and their allies, had been given a table that was right in front of the door to Noem's office, but those staffing the table had assumed the governor was already inside. "But her dog came up to me as she came in the door, and I just seized the opportunity."Around 10:30 a.m., Rambow came face-to-face with Noem and, after petting her dog, reached out a hand to the politician and asked her to come back out to speak to the group. "She did the old power move where you put.
