Do Texas Anti-LGBTQ Laws Violate Human Rights?

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the letter alleges that the laws significantly infringe on LGBTQ individuals’ rights.“Taken individually, the seven pieces of legislation (the ‘Bills’) discussed in this submission will disrupt the lives of LGBTQIA+ people of various ages and backgrounds,” the letter reads. “Put together, the Bills 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.“Considering the danger this represents, we humbly ask for you to make inquiries into this backsliding of human rights of LGBTQIA+ persons in the state of Texas, United States of America.”The advocates also assert that the U.S.

federal government has failed to adopt sufficient measures to protect against anti-LGBT discrimination. Despite some federal courts intervening to block select laws, the advocates say the federal government has not “adopted a proper response to the systemic attack on LGBTQIA+ persons living in the state of Texas.”The bills in question include measures barring trans-identifying minors from accessing gender-affirming care, prohibiting public universities from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, banning collegiate transgender athletes from competing on sports teams matching their gender identity, and allowing chaplains to counsel school children, without any limits on proselytization.Other measures include a ban on “sexually explicit” content that primarily targets LGBTQ-related books, a bill banning drag performances in public, and a bill to prohibit localities from passing or enforcing nondiscrimination ordinances that have not been explicitly approved by the Texas Legislature.