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Bi Lawmaker Sues Over Being Called “Groomer” for Supporting Trans Son
groomer” on Twitter, prompting some users to threaten to harm or maim her or even kidnap her 13-year-old child.According to the complaint, filed in Douglas County District Court last week, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition slammed State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha, a progressive who was previously affiliated with the Democratic Party but has since become an independent, for opposing a proposed ban on gender-affirming care.Hunt was one of three lawmakers who mounted a several months-long filibuster that effectively slow-walked the legislative agenda for the state’s unicameral, technically nonpartisan, legislature for this year’s session.The filibuster ended after Republican-affiliated lawmakers found enough votes to overcome it by proposing a watered-down version of the ban, signed into law by Republican Gov.