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Indiana Senator J.D. Ford is back in the studio this week to discuss some of the legislation that he has been working on since his historic win in 2018 as the first openly gay senator in Indiana.
One of the bills Ford has been working on would ban conversion therapy.
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/32
The House version of Ford’s Bill
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1213
Here are some upcoming bills that we are concerned about in this next legislative cycle:
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/288#digest-heading May be used to stop educating kids about LGBTIQ issues, relationships, safe sex in sex ed, end GSAs and Drag Queen Story Hour
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/224#document-e422299d Prevent therapists or doctors from treating LGBTIQ minors with appropriate care including mental health
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/289#digest-heading – Codification of “Biological parenthood” on Birth Certificates that Curtis Hill failed to run through the Supreme Court.
News
Betsy DeVos attacks trans kids one last time on her way out of Trump’s cabinet: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/11/donald-trump-cabinet-betsy-devos-transgender-kids-bostock-clayton-county/
Hosted by Melanie Davis, Justin Robertson, Ireland Meacham, Lucas Fisher
Produced by Melanie Davis and WFHB News Director Kade Young
Lucas Fisher is our engineer
