LGBTQ
Conservatives who control the state Assembly will have a bird’s eye view of support for equal treatment, respect, and rights for their LGBTQ constituents, in the privately-funded public art project.
Plenty of opportunities to show support for the LGBTQ community at a time when some politicians are promising to roll back social progress.
The tight-knit community of 3,900 is confused, concerned, and caught up in cultural crosscurrents.
Eighty-eight percent of likely voters believe the government “should not have a say in personal matters like a person's sexual preference or gender identity,” 48% oppose anti-LGBTQ bills introduced by Republicans, and 55% oppose conservatives labeling teachers and LGBTQ people as “groomers.”
While some parents are voting with teachers, school funding, and equity in mind, others are motivated by culture war issues that have exploded into the mainstream over the past year and a half.
State constitution would bar discrimination on the basis of gender as the original ERA, but also offer protection in many more ways.
Veronica Lourich predominately sketches the images of women and members of the LGBTQ+ community that she never learned about in school.
