QuoteWhen you send your child to school you expect that they will be safe and treated fairly, but some victims of bullying say the abuse will continue without legislation.

Local resident Julie Nemecek has experienced bullying based on her gender identification, and is  looking forward to gender equality if the Senate Bill is approved.

"I'm a trans-gender person, so having trans-gender protection under gender identity is very important because it is a difficult thing to deal with to begin with, and have to deal with harassment and hazing adds to the complexity," Nemecek said.