Show-Me Trans Student Legislation Resistance: 'I'm Not Afraid Of You Anymore . . .'

A Missouri GOP legislative effort in order to protect girls sports is underway. Progressive critics argue that legislation would make life tougher for trans students.

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Here's a quote from a recent impassioned speech on the Missouri House floor that's making waves across the nation . . .

STL Democratic Rep. Ian Mackey: "I was afraid of people like you growing up and I grew up in Hickory County Missouri. I grew up in a school district that would vote tomorrow to put this in place. And for eighteen years, I walked around with nice people like you. Who took me to ball games, who told me how smart I was, and went to the ballot and voted for crap like this.

"I couldn’t wait to get out. I couldn’t wait to move to a part of our state that would reject this stuff in a minute. I couldn’t wait. And thank God I made it out, and I think every day of the kids who are still there, who haven’t escaped from this kind of bigotry.

"Gentleman, I’m not afraid of you anymore because you’re going to lose. You may win this today, but you’re going to lose.”

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

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