Government Overreach for Me, No Recourse for Thee: House Republicans Advance Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills as the Economy Burns

"Instead of tackling the American economy's freefall, House Republicans showed where their true priorities lie."

WASHINGTON - April 9 On Wednesday, the House Education and Workforce Committee is scheduled to advance two anti-transgender bills, H.R. 2616 and H.R. 2617, taking power from local schools and placing teachers into a position where they cannot acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ+ people & must 'out' vulnerable students. In response, Laurel Powell, Communications Director at the Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement:

"Instead of putting our dangerous President in check and tackling the American economy's freefall, House Republicans showed where their priorities lie - giving airtime to junk science and trying to pass more anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. Forcing teachers to 'out' trans youth rather than supporting them in coming out to their families and demanding that schools ignore the trans students who sit in their classrooms is a craven attempt to distract people from economic disaster by vilifying children. Even as they fire people whose jobs were to make sure schools have the resources they need, the Trump administration and their allies in Congress continue to attack vulnerable young people to score points with the far right."

The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ+ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.