Gay Agenda • Feb. 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021 |
The Gay Agenda
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Still a target
JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer
james.journo@gmail.com
Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 470,000 people in the U.S., legislators across the country are
still filing bills targeting LGBTQQ people. That was the takeaway from a recent Human Rights Campaign press call lead by Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director for the LGBTQ advocacy organization.
The three most common types of bills now winnow in on creating barriers for transgender people participating in sports, those seeking medical care and those obtaining identity documents.
“These anti-transgender attacks are just the latest assaults on the LGBTQ community. These political extremists are taking painstaking efforts. They should focus on educating children, not solutions to non-existent problems,” Oakley said.