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Divya Karthikeyan

Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law

Karen Berg Kentucky KY Max Wise Andy Beshear Republican Party Republican Jason Glass Joe Craft Kelly Craft
Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg, who lost her transgender son to suicide in 2022, is consoled by former state legislator Patti Minter, left, and Rep. Tina Bojanowski after SB 150 passed the Senate on Feb. 16, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS via Getty Images)

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