For the ninth year in a row, Democratic lawmakers are trying to make discrimination against gay and transgender Arizonans illegal, but they face an uphill battle in a Republican-controlled legislature that continues to propose anti-LGBTQ+ measures. At a Thursday morning press conference, Democrats called for the passage of House Bill 2625, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of characteristics for which Arizonans can’t be discriminated against in housing, employment, school and public accommodations like bathrooms and locker rooms…