Republican state senator Christy Armendariz admitted that she doesn’t watch the news or get the newspaper after being shocked that a journalist from New York magazine attended a hearing on Legislative Bill 574. The bill, known as the Let Them Grow Act, bans under 19s from accessing vital gender-affirming care, including physically reversible puberty blockers, by threatening any medical organization that provides them with lawsuits. It also includes a ban on gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth despite no healthcare organization anywhere permitting operations to be done on under 15s. Teenagers aged between 15 and 18 are only referred for operations under exceptionally rare circumstances. LB574 was approved by Governor Jim Pillen, also a Republican on May 22 despite the several-month-long filibuster by Democrats Megan Hunt, who has a trans son. Prior to the bill’s passing, Hunt urged lawmakers to “love your family more than you hate mine” when voting on the bill while condemning an investigation into accusations that she has a conflict of interest because of her son. The governor’s decision to also sign a 12-week abortion ban into law further places him at odds with the will of Americans and most Nebraskans. #Queer Up Politics