Kentucky Lawmaker Reminds Us Why We Must Protect Trans Kids [Video]

April 27, 2022

“I cannot tell you how hurtful it is for a parent to see your child suffering from ignorance, from people who don’t know and from people who honestly don’t care.”

A Kentucky legislator and parent of a trans son spoke out against a bill that would exclude trans kids from sports.

Transcript provided by YouTube (unedited)

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as a parent
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of a trans child
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after you become aware
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and you start understanding because this
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is new to every mother i’ve ever talked
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to
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you go through a really serious learning
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curve
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and what you learn
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is that you better learn to protect your
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child with every ounce of energy you
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have
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because honest to god the world is
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coming after them
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good people people they went to school
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with from from kindergarten on
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friends that you trusted your whole life
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and all of a sudden you find out
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that oh
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i have a trans kid there must be
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something wrong with that child or that
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child can’t be trusted to be with their
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child i’ve literally had parents tell me
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i don’t want your child hanging around
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with my kid
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even though i have a straight a student
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never been in trouble with the law the
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way he explained it to me when he came
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out he said mom
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i’m the same kid
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i still read the same
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books
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that’s how my child explained to me
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that he hadn’t changed all he was doing
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was asking the world
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to see him the way he saw himself and
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imagine what it is like
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day in and day out
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to go through the world and not have
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people recognize you
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for what
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you inside are
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it
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it kills your soul
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and what we need what we are begging of
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people
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is understanding
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and grace
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20 years ago
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we would have had this same discussion
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about a gay kid coming out
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what do you mean they’re gay whether are
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they safe are they going to hurt
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somebody are they going to do something
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why do i don’t want them with my
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children so you know
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it’s a matter of time
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it’s a matter of education it’s honestly
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a matter of people meeting enough
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trans children that they’re no longer
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scared of them
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but this bill the way it’s written
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regardless of the assurances of the
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senator from henderson
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has the ability to make
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sixth
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seventh and eighth grade trans
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females first of all not have a team to
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participate in
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but more importantly
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it makes them feel
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like they will not be included
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on
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purpose on purpose
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you are excluding these children
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and it goes to their hearts
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and it hurts their parents souls beyond
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i i cannot tell you the words
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of how hurtful it is to a parent
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to see your child suffering
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from ignorance from people who don’t
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know
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and honestly people who don’t care so
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you know people can say this is a
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national issue this is a national issue
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because it’s intentionally been made a
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national issue
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you have groups going around to every
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state legislature in this country
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making a problem that has never existed
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we have never had this problem in
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kentucky it has never once happened to
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an athlete in kentucky and i understand
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being proactive i’m 100
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in favor of being proactive
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but let’s pick real problem

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This post was previously published on YouTube.

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