Governor stands with trans kids & won’t take ‘soul-sucking path’ ...

[Jessica_Rose]

Governor stands with trans kids & won't take 'soul-sucking path' of sacrificing their rights

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/governor-stands-with-trans-kids-wont-take-soul-sucking-path-of-sacrificing-their-rights/

By Molly Sprayregen (30 Mar 2025)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has never shied away from standing up to Donald Trump, and he has also made it clear he supports the LGBTQ+ community.

At a recent Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles, Pritzker reaffirmed his commitment to supporting queer folks and resisting Trump.

"The Trump administration and his Republican lackeys in Congress are looking to reverse every single victory this community has won over the last 50 years," Pritzker said. "And right now it's drag queens reading books and transgender people serving in the military. Tomorrow, it's your marriage license and your job they want to take."

"Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only, a punch in the face."

"And in the midst of this existential fight, this battle that seems to consume everything, well, let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular."

"I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will."

[MaryT]

....
"Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only, a punch in the face."

"And in the midst of this existential fight, this battle that seems to consume everything, well, let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular."

"I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will."

That made me cry.

God bless him.