Fairness WV responds to WV Senate passage of two anti-LGBTQ+ bills

CHARLESTON, West Virginia — Fairness West Virginia Executive Director Andrew Schneider issued the following statement about the state Senate adopting two anti-LGBT+ bills today:

“West Virginians are tired of the circus in Charleston. Senate Republicans have a serious case of Trans Derangement Syndrome. And instead of fixing the real problems facing our community, they’re blaming everything on LGBTQ+ people.

The bills that Senators passed today are dangerous. Instead of helping the people of McDowell County get clean drinking water, they’re planning to arrest drag queens. Instead of stopping our schools from closing, they want to lock up  innocent transgender people who use a locker room.

And I want to be crystal clear: we all agree that sexual misconduct should be punished. But these bills don’t address that. Instead, they label trans Mountaineers and drag artists as dangerous criminals simply for existing.

West Virginians have had enough.”

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Please direct questions and interview requests to Jack Jarvis, Communications Director, at jack@fairnesswv.org.

Fairness West Virginia is the statewide civil rights advocacy organization dedicated to fair treatment and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer West Virginians. Our mission is to ensure LGBTQ+ people can be open, honest and safe at home, at work, and in the community. We are open to everyone who believes in fundamental fairness.