Who is Karen Berg's husband? Kentucky senator's transgender son Henry Berg-Brousseau, 24, dies by suicide
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Kentucky state senator Karen Berg's transgender son has reportedly died by suicide at the age of 24. The Democratic state senator said that her son, Henry Berg-Brousseau, had been struggling with mental health illness for a long time.
According to Henry's obituary, he died at his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday, December 16. “Henry spent his life working to extend grace, compassion and understanding to everyone, but especially to the vulnerable and marginalized. This grace, compassion and understanding was not always returned to him,” Berg said in a statement, according to Louisville Public Media.
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"As the mother of a transgender son, I gave my whole heart trying to protect my child from a world w[h]ere some people and especially some politicians intentionally continued to believe that marginalizing my child was OK simply because of who he was. This lack of acceptance took a toll on Henry. He long struggled with mental illness, not because he was trans but born from his difficulty finding acceptance," she added. Henry is survived by his parents, Karen Berg and Bob Brousseau, as well as his sister, Rachael Pass.
Who is Karen Berg's husband Bob Brousseau?
Berg's husband and Henry's father, Bob, is a Marketing Coordinator at Advantum Health and the former Director of Marketing and Client Engagement at Commonwealth Insurance Partners, as per his Facebook profile. He is also the former Director of Marketing at Peptides International. Bob went to St Xavier High School (Louisville) and studied at the University of Louisville.
His late son, Henry, "advocated for the rights of transgender people by organizing a protest against gay conversion therapy, speaking to the Kentucky Senate Education Committee, and participating in other local and national causes" while he was a student at Louisville Collegiate School, according to the obituary. His funeral will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, December 21, at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc, 1338 Ellison Ave, Louisville, KY 40204.
