Sharice Davids calls on Senate to pass LGBTQ bill to 'save the lives' of young people

WASHINGTON -- After the U.S. House passed a landmark LGBTQ rights bill last week, Rep. Sharice Davids turned to fellow Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland and asked her to pass along a message to her daughter.

The New Mexico Democrat’s daughter is LGBTQ.

Davids, the first LGBTQ person to represent Kansas, wanted Haaland’s daughter to know how proud she was that the pair had been able to vote for the Equality Act, which will amend the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

“And of course Deb starts crying,” Davids recalled before a crowd Wednesday at the Center for American Progress’ 2019 Ideas Conference in Washington.

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