Progress Kentucky planning caravan rally Friday afternoon in Lexington, Berea

LGBTQ Flag via MGN Online
LGBTQ Flag via MGN Online

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has vetoed Senate Bill 150, a sweeping GOP-led transgender measure that would have banned gender-affirming medical care for minors.
Advocates are now urging lawmakers to not overturn the veto when they return next week.

Progress Kentucky and other LGBTQ+ advocates rallied Friday through its “Caravan for Compassion”, an event in support of Kentucky’s transgender community.

The multi-car procession included signs, flags, and windows painted with slogans. The procession will have three stops: two in Lexington and one in Berea.

 

Trans activists who have testified in Frankfort against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation this session are taking part.

“It is very upsetting to have your rights being taken away. So it’s been very difficult to hear all the hateful rhetoric that is being espoused on the house and senate floor,” says Mason Chernosky, an LGBTQ advocate.

“We have four grandchildren. We have a trans grandchild. We love her dearly and want to do everything that we can to protect her,” says Doug Price

They’re urging lawmakers to oppose senate bill 150, an anti-trans, pronoun and bathroom bill passed by the Kentucky General Assembly before it adjourned for a veto break.

Lawmakers return next week and could vote to override the governor’s veto.

Lawmakers in support of the bill say the bill helps protect kids from irreparable harm.

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