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LIVE: I'm on the Senate floor to speak out against the recent wave of hateful attacks on transgender youth happening across the country.

We all have a responsibility to stand up and make clear that this isn't right.

Republicans are targeting trans & gay students, & taking incredibly important & personal decisions away from parents & families.

Right now, it feels like far-right lawmakers are racing to pass the most extreme, most hateful bills they can think up at the expense of trans kids.

Trans kids deserve to just be kids. To play sports, to go to school, to see a doctor, to get health care.

They should be able to get the same opportunities as any other kids to learn, grow, play, and thrive--free from fear and discrimination.

Parents deserve to be able to make their own parenting decisions--with their medical providers--to do what's best for their kids' health.

They shouldn't have to worry about what a right-wing politician thinks is best for their kids, or that a state legislature will intervene.

The hurt and fear the governor of Texas has caused by pushing transphobic policies aren't staying in Texas.

What Greg Abbott says about trans kids has an effect many states away--and I wish it didn't.

Measures like those in Texas are not only really scary for trans people across the country, but they also embolden more hateful rhetoric, and even violence against trans people.

And it's harming trans kids' mental health--no matter where they live.

We've got to be louder than extreme GOPs. We've got to pass laws like the #EqualityAct & send a powerful message of support & fairness for trans & gay Americans.

We've got to demand a future without this awful hate, harm, & division. That's not too much to ask for."

@PattyMurray

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