Show-Me State Senator Greg Razer: Super Minority Champion Of LGBT Rights

Allow us a brief look at the big picture . . .

Missouri is headed into a recession . . . Local roads are quickly turning into GARBAGE. There's a worsening homicide crisis . . . Meanwhile, Kansas City political leadership seems mostly concerned with high school sports.

Here's the spicy debate whilst KCMO will likely miss out on a rare Missouri budget surplus . . .

“I’m still perceived as controversial,” Razer, a Kansas City Democrat who is one of just six openly LGBTQ lawmakers in the legislature and the only member in the Senate, said last week on the Senate floor.

Hours later across the rotunda in the House, Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, was advancing a measure to allow voters to bar transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams in their school district.

“This isn’t about hate. This is about fairness,” said Basye, who added the provision to an omnibus election bill. “There’s lots of examples in our society that males are biologically superior than females.”

The dynamic was an encapsulation of the fate LGBTQ issues have met in the legislature for years . . .

The rest of it is prog blog hype but worth a peek for those who want to pretend that any of this applies to the real world . . .

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

LGBTQ protections languish while Missouri lawmakers push transgender sports bans

On one end of the Missouri Capitol last week, Sen. Greg Razer was making yet another unsuccessful attempt to convince his colleagues to enact legal protections in state law for LGBTQ Missourians. "I'm still perceived as controversial," Razer, a Kansas City Democrat who is one of just six openly LGBTQ lawmakers in the legislature and the only member in the Senate, said last week on the Senate floor.

Related reading on cash that won't be coming to KCMO . . .

Potential budget surplus could mean tax credits for Missourians, but some would rather see programs funded

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