Since joining Equality Utah as its executive director nearly a decade ago, LGBTQ+ rights activist Troy Williams has made unlikely allies while working to protect his community.
.” It would have banned any discussion of sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms.
. It would have weakened the prohibition, narrowing the definition of conversion therapy and exempting written or verbal communication from it. ,” told The Tribune. “And when you diminish the rights of others, many times your rights are diminished and that’s been the case for a lot of different issues.”Equality Utah’s concerns about bills like Stenquist’s, Petersen’s and others throughout the session may have been heard and taken into account, but Williams said it was shut out of the conversation on one bill that’s already having a substantial impact on some of the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ community — kids.
It passed just 10 days after the start of the legislative session, and Cox signed and enacted the legislation the next day . Although there was a line added to the bill that says the Legislature will consider researchers’ recommendations when discussing whether to lift the moratorium, without a deadline for the study or a guarantee that lawmakers will re-examine their decision, LGBTQ+ advocates like Williams have said there is no substantive improvement.
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