Kentucky State Sen. Karen Berg: “I am going to make an open plea to the members of this body that we avoid politicizing issues that are literally killing our children, that are literally putting them in the grave. We are politicizing this for no reason.”
Kentucky State Sen. Karen Berg, D-Louisville, begged her colleagues Wednesday to quit targeting transgender students with their legislation — less than two months after her own son, who was trans, died by suicide.
Berg’s remarks came after Sen. Max Wise, a Campbellsville Republican and running mate of gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft, filed, which would, among other things, prohibit local school districts from requiring teachers to use “pronouns for students that do not conform to that particular student’s biological sex.”
On the Senate floor, Berg asked her colleagues if their child was gay or trans, would a teacher really feel comfortable informing a parent in that situation?
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