ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The day after Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a controversial "parental rights" bill that would limit LGBTQ policies in Alaska schools, lawmakers began to hint at the battle that awaits.
Rep. Andrew Gray broke into tears on the House floor as he described how the bill could impact gay kids whose sexual orientation is rejected by their parents — as he had experienced growing up.
The bill "hurts children, specifically gender nonconforming children like I once was," said Gray, an Anchorage Democrat, who is gay. "To those kids, I want to say ... you are no one's shame, you are not your parents' property — you are your own person."
