evidence: Walz signs executive order reaffirming right to gender-affirming care in Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hands Hildie, a trans girl who testified in support of the Trans Refuge Bill, the pen he used to sign an executive order protecting access to gender-affirming care in Minnesota. Photo by Grace Deng/Minnesota Reformer. Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday signed a mostly symbolic executive order reaffirming the right to access gender-affirming care in Minnesota for trans and gender non-conforming people.