Editor's Note 11 a.m. June 20: This story has been updated to include comments from Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills.
The reality of being a member of the LGBTQ+ community is that while Pride celebrations are happening around the Valley during June, an ongoing political effort to restrict or change their basic human rights continues.
The 2023 Arizona Legislature session included 34 bills that would impact the LGBTQ+ community in one way or another, according to an online bill tracker by Equality Federation. Of those, the national LGBTQ+ advocacy group opposed 17, supported 12 and were monitoring or neutral on the remaining five.
