state lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that bans medical care for minors, over the furious objections of demonstrators and a Democratic lawmaker who chanted in protest on the floor of the chamber During her allotted speaking time on the floor, State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh repeatedly shouted in protest: 'Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people.'In March, Cavanaugh embarked on an epic three-week filibuster to oppose the bill on gender-affirming care, winning her national media attention and a coveted profile in Vogue, but also drawing criticism that she was blocking all legislative business in Nebraska.
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