LINCOLN- During debate on the contentious gender-affirming care ban, LB574 introduced by Sen. Kathleen Kauth, Sen. Megan Hunt, the first openly bisexual senator in the Nebraska Legislature, stated that Kauth's bill would negatively impact her son, who is transgender. The bill, which restricts gender-affirming care procedures for individuals under the age of 19, would also allow for civil action to be taken against medical professionals who violate it.

During the debate, Sen. Hunt told her colleagues about her son. "My son is trans, and many of you have met him. Many of you have known him for years," she said, "And this bill, colleagues, is such an affront to me personally and would violate my rights to parent my child in Nebraska. And I just want to tell you that."

Sen. Hunt went on to express that she didn't "raise" her son to be transgender, and that she loves and supports him no matter his sexual orientation. "There aren't counselors making kids trans. There aren't counselors telling parents you have to get your kids on these drugs or else they're going to kill themselves," Hunt told the body.

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