The Texas Tribune.“It’s actually quite disturbing to me that the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners has agreed today to lower our standards as it relates to discrimination towards sexual orientation and gender identity,” she said.In response, the chair of the behavioral health council, Gloria Canseco, promised to revisit “the issue of gender” in an October 27 meeting, but did not clarify what that entailed or if it also encompassed sexual orientation.Many social workers also took to social media to express their outrage.
Texas’s Republican-led state legislature has consistently taken stands against extending employment and other protections to the LGBTQ+ community, going so far as to pass preemption measures that prevent Texas.