Carolyn Maloney: “I thank you for calling this hearing and I thank all the panelists for getting here.”

The violence that took place at Club Q follows years of long efforts by some state lawmakers to erase LGBTQ+ people from school curriculum.

So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who…

We are experiencing a crisis, and I must say that the panelists--first, I want to thank all of my colleagues that participated, but the panel was a particularly articulate and informed one.

It is high time that Congress gets serious about the cost of anti-LGBTQ hatred and commit to honoring those in its crosshairs with real actions.