Legislature needs to stop its attacks on the LGBTQ community – messenger-inquirer

Im writing in response to Senate Bill 83, which was recently passed in the Kentucky legislature. Its referred to as the transgender sports ban. This bill is not necessary and a waste of time.

The bill, since it passed and is now waiting for Gov. Andy Beshears signature, effectively bans trans women from playing on the sports teams they want to play on. What Republicans fail to recognize is the fact that scientific studies have been done that show that transgender women hold zero physical advantage over cisgender women.

In fact, a year after being on hormone replacement therapy, trans women have the same strength as their cisgender female counterparts.

What the state legislature should focus on instead of passing LGBTQ discrimination laws is the child abuse rate. Currently, Kentucky ranks fifth in the country in reported child abuse.

The legislature needs to stop the hate of the LGBTQ community and start representing all Kentuckians equally.

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