I would argue that it isn't a question of new or old. I think that if we're all equal and we all have the right to be who we are, some people have the right to be ignorant. Some people have the right to do whatever they feel.
I guess the question at the end of the day—and I know there are some really good people on this committee from all parties and I do enjoy serving with them—is, what would you say to them? What would you say to them as an opportunity to go back to their party leadership and members of their party who have increasingly taken positions that are certainly anti-trans?
You know, it's an easy community to bully, right? It's a small community. You've historically been part of a community that's not had the same protections and freedoms afforded to you. What would you say to them? What would you say to them on behalf of kids, on behalf of adults, on behalf of members of the trans community who just want to be left alone?