Rebecca Hoskins

Really? Five separate bills today all with the aim of discrimination. This first one, unlike some of the ones that are coming after it later in the day, doesn't even pretend that this isn't just discrimination. Is this the Live Free Or Die state? I could've sworn that was the state motto. I was born and raised in this state. i have never lived anywhere else. I've always felt as though I could truly be myself here and I don't intend to let that change. These bills are not genuinely, at their hearts, about keeping public or private spaces safe. They are about fear. I understand that it can be hard to understand a community that you're not a part of and don't necessarily have a connection to. But that fear doesn't absolve you from attempting to legislate a minority population out of existence. And such attempts will not be successful. Gay, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people will continue to exist; beyond what these pieces of legislation attempt to tell us about our existence.