PRIDE MONTH ROUNDUP: Senator Murray Speaks Out Against Attacks on Trans Americans, Introduces Equality Act, Ban on "Conversion Therapy," Pride Month Resolution, and Other Legislation to Guarantee LGBTQ+ Americans Equal Rights

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"Far-right lawmakers are using their megaphones and their positions of power to bully kids. That's what it comes down to. They are attacking people--attacking kids--for being different. For being themselves. Some far-right provocateurs have been twisting the most basic, mundane gestures of inclusion into so called "controversies' through blatant distortion and demonization. I've got a newsflash for everyone who's trying to act like companies selling their products to every community they can is something new, or some nefarious conspiracy. Get this: gay and trans people drink beverages, they eat food--they buy things! And for suddenly everyone to be outraged over some cute baby clothes? You know what? LGBTQ people have families too! They are parents, they are aunts, and uncles, and grandparents! I mean--where have you been? They are queer, they are here--and they have been for years. And get used to it! They are not going anywhere."

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"Let's be clear, these attacks on the LGBTQ community aren't just ridiculous--they are dangerous. Because we aren't just talking about a handful of far-right voices complaining about companies. There is a truly insidious and ugly effort to demonize, and ostracize, and erase the LGBTQ community--and our trans friends, neighbors, and loved ones, in particular. Far-right lawmakers--across our nation and across different levels of government--are spewing some of the most hateful rhetoric, peddling some of the most bigoted conspiracies, and passing some of the most hateful anti-LGBTQ laws, I have seen in a long while. It's extreme, cynical, and hateful--to a degree that is even hard to believe."

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