A peek at statehouse advocacy and today's political hot mess amid impending crackdowns . . .
During Tuesday’s hearing in the House, the committee chairwoman, Rep. Susan Estes, R-Wichita, repeatedly urged the room filled with Kansans who oppose the bill to behave politely.
She interrupted and admonished Rabbi Moti Rieber for saying lawmakers were prejudiced toward transgender children. She had Capitol Police forcibly remove Iridescent Roney, who shouted, with a fist in the air, “Trans rights are human rights.”
“You are disturbing decorum,” Estes said. “You are trespassing. I am asking you to leave.”
Roney, stumbling with a cane as police shoved her out the door, shouted: “You’re a fascist!”
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Kansas Republican's pleas for decorum at anti-trans hearing met with cries of 'fascist!'
TOPEKA - Lawrence resident Joanna Herrmann described for lawmakers how shocked she was when her youngest child began to show signs of being "very different." The mother of three, who taught the Bible and considered herself a strong Christian, thought it was a phase. She wasn't supposed to have "one of those kids," she said.
Related note that's also worth a read . . .
LGBTQ+ youth in Missouri and Kansas face higher suicide risk
Missouri and Kansas youth who identify as LGBTQ are more likely to struggle with mental health according to a new survey.
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