A rallying cry to defend the rights of transgender people

As an Illinois state senator more than a decade ago, I was honored to draft the 2013 law ensuring same-sex couples have the right to marry. Since the U.S. Supreme Court determined two years later those rights were enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, supporters of marriage equality could be forgiven for thinking our mission was accomplished. Sadly, it’s not. We are once again at the U.S. Supreme Court. State lawmakers around the country since 2022 have filed more than 1,200 bills targeting LGBTQ+ people. These proposals, some of which have...