OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Monday morning a crowd marched from the UNO Student Center to Memorial Park; they're opposing three bills proposed in the Nebraska legislature this session.
Organizers said the three bills, if passed, would restrict the rights of transgender people in the state. The protest is led by students at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
They're against LB 574, the “Let Them Grow Act,” which aims to ban gender-affirming care to Nebraskans under 19; LB 575 the “Sports and Spaces act which would restrict trans-Nebraskans from using bathrooms or playing on school sports teams that don't match their assigned gender at birth; and LB 371 which would ban drag shows aimed to attract children.
Main organizer Caenis Bryan said the goal of the protest is to spread education and awareness.
“I talk to some of my classmates in other classes and they don't seem to have any awareness or at least outright awareness of what's going on,” Bryan said. “We're hoping to just get people's attention and say hey like what's happening now is not okay."
There are a number of speakers planned to address the crowd including Senators Machaela Cavanaugh and Megan Hunt. Both are vocal in their opposition to the bills.
"It's great honestly to see politicians willing to stand up for folk like me and what not,” Bryan said.
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