LGBTQIA+ Crisis in TX: Groups Petition HRC
therainbowtimesmass.comNational and State Groups petition the UN about the Human Rights Crisis for LGBTQIA+ TexansAUSTIN, Texas—Recently, Equality Texas, the ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign with the support of the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law submitted a Joint Allegation Letter to 17 independent experts, working groups, and special rapporteurs at the UN about the human rights crisis facing LGBTQIA+ Texans.“By delivering relentless attacks on the rights, dignity, and very existence of LGBTQ+ people for years, lawmakers in Texas are sending a clear message that members of our community are neither welcome nor safe in their state,’ said Melodía Gutiérez, Texas State Director at the Human Rights Campaign. “This is not only creating a dire situation for queer and transgender Texans, but it is also forcing countless families to uproot their lives and flee to other parts of the country so that their children can simply grow up safe as their true selves.
This should never be the reality for anyone in the United States. More than ever before, we will continue to activate our coalition, challenge political extremism, and reinforce the fact that LGBTQ+ Americans are fighting back and not going anywhere.”After a record-breaking legislative session in Texas—over 140 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills filed, Texans are now struggling with a collection of new laws that eliminate medical freedom for trans youth, censor school libraries, ban trans athletes from participating in collegiate sports, end DEI practices at public universities, threaten drag performance, and undermine local government’s already limited power.
Together these laws are a systemic attack on the fundamental rights, dignities, and identities of LGBTQIA+ persons that opens the gates for discrimination by both public and private actors.The state’s discrimination has gone unchecked to the point that state officials are now policing other states with unconstitutional laws.
