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GOP lawmakers are continuing to advance anti-trans proposals under the guise of protecting women and minors despite the threat of a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. On Tuesday, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee gave the greenlight to two measures that LGBTQ advocates say only serve to erase trans Arizonans and villainize their health care needs. Senate Bill 1628 would eliminate any mention of gender in state law, replacing it with a strict and inflexible definition of biological sex. Every person would be either female or male according to their assigned sex at birth, determ…