Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 11:34:07 GMT -6
INDIANAPOLIS — The conservative lawmaker who tried to find middle ground for a controversial LGBT rights bill has some advice for legislators stepping back into the fray: Stop talking and listen.
Some of the most instructive time that Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, spent on his failed legislation this year, he said, was in private conversations with transgender people.
“They helped me better understand what they face,” he said, including abuse, harassment and, sometimes, fear for their lives.
This summer a legislative committee will return to the issue of adding protections for gender identity and sexual orientation to the state’s civil rights law. Neither the committee's members nor the dates have been set.
Read more: www.eagletribune.com/cnhi_network/indiana-lawmakers-return-to-lgbt-controversy/article_6836c4e5-512f-5256-b481-4e8c482b9361.html
Some of the most instructive time that Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, spent on his failed legislation this year, he said, was in private conversations with transgender people.
“They helped me better understand what they face,” he said, including abuse, harassment and, sometimes, fear for their lives.
This summer a legislative committee will return to the issue of adding protections for gender identity and sexual orientation to the state’s civil rights law. Neither the committee's members nor the dates have been set.
Read more: www.eagletribune.com/cnhi_network/indiana-lawmakers-return-to-lgbt-controversy/article_6836c4e5-512f-5256-b481-4e8c482b9361.html