Written by Joe Sonka of the Courier-Journal
Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at an LGBTQ-rights rally in the Capitol on Wednesday, advocating for a statewide fairness law and a bill banning “conversion therapy.”
The rally, held by the Louisville-based Fairness Campaign every legislative session, featured activists and legislators advocating for those bills and against a slew of bills targeting transgender youth.
Addressing the crowd in the Capitol Rotunda, Beshear said: “I’m proud to be the first sitting governor to attend this fairness rally. I’m here for a simple reason. As governor, it’s my job to make sure that every single Kentuckian counts, and we’re here to fight to make sure that every Kentuckian counts.”
Beshear threw his support behind legislation banning discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, which has failed to pass either chamber in each legislative session over the past decade.
Beshear added that Kentucky “must also end the hurtful, dangerous practice of ‘conversion therapy,’” a scientifically discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
(Cross-posted via the Kentucky Press News Service. Read the rest of the article at the Courier-Journal.)
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