In The News

LGBT Activist Group Declares ‘National State Of Emergency’ Over GOP Laws

https://dailycaller.com/

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBT activist organization, declared a nationwide state of emergency for LGBT people Tuesday over legislation it believes targets gay and transgender people.

The group cited a wave of state legislation, largely spearheaded by Republicans, that it perceives as “anti-LGBTQ+,” including restrictions on cross-sex medical procedures for minors, as justification for the state of emergency, the first such declaration the group has ever made, according to HRC’s website. The declaration provides a guidebook for LGBT individuals to navigate laws between states, a guide to getting involved in activism and an impact report on legislation the HRC considers anti-LGBT.

“We have officially declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States for the first time following an unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year,” the announcement read. “More than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been signed into law this year alone, more than doubling last year’s number, which was previously the worst year on record.”

“Our community is in danger, but we won’t stop fighting back — not now, not ever,” it said.

The declaration listed dozens of state bills that it believes target LGBT people, including requirements that individuals use bathrooms according to their biological sex, compete on sports teams aligned with their biological sex, restrictions on drag shows, limits on classroom instruction about gender and sexuality and bills requiring teachers to share information about students’ gender identity with parents.

“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying threats facing millions in our community are not just perceived — they are real, tangible and dangerous,” HRC president Kelley Robinson told CNN. “In many cases they are resulting in violence against LGBTQ+ people, forcing families to uproot their lives and flee their homes in search of safer states, and triggering a tidal wave of increased homophobia and transphobia that puts the safety of each and every one of us at risk.”

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org

Support Conservative Daily News with a small donation via Paypal or credit card that will go towards supporting the news and commentary you've come to appreciate.

Related Articles

2 Comments

  1. This insanity of pushing minors, who aren’t fully mentally developed and can’t even drive yet, to “transition” and have power over their parents is beyond comprehension; as is the idea that it’s OK to chemically castrate or physically mutilate children in the name of “gender affirmation”. It’s not a political viewpoint, its criminal child abuse and should be prosecutable in every state in the union. We are not divided anymore by left vs. right but we are in an epic struggle against evil incarnate and witnessing a total war against faith and family that, if not stopped, will destroy western civilization as we know it.

  2. “Our community is in danger, but we won’t stop fighting back — not now, not ever,” it said.

    This group is the emergency. They think everything is about them. It isn’t. They are the trouble makers supported by a government that forgets who got them where they are. Let gays and trannies go somewhere where they can write their own laws and rules, they have tried to force their garbage down our throats and it’s time they stop with their foolishness and go where they can do as they wish. They are the group of hate, and they hate that they don’t have total control of everyone around them. Enough of them already.

Back to top button