So let’s just be at the mercy of frenemies (at best) who produce oil less safely and charge us more. Joe Be NIMBY: Don’t drill for oil here, because of climate (also science!). So let’s just leave the border barn door wide open to randos and get back to bullying our own people in the name of science! See No Evil (Except Deplorables): Everyone needs to be vaccinated. So here’s how you know Biden and the cosmopolitan elites are full o’ malarkey - not righteousness - on their supposed top priorities. You may have noticed that virtue-signaling does not equal virtuousness, just like Antifa isn’t exactly anti-fascist and ‘Love Trumps Hate’ Prius stickers don’t mean libs are nice or tolerant. They need to stop targeting innocent children.Time for another look at the view from the progressives. “Our LGBTQIA kids are being targeted and they deserve protection, just like every other child in the state,” she said. Having such debates over LGBTQ rights are causing a ripple effect across Texas, Hale said. The Senate passed the proposed law last week.
Charles Perry, a Lubbock Republican, that would prevent transgender student athletes from participating on school teams consistent with their gender identity. LGBTQ rights advocates are decrying a bill by state Sen. The “horrible things” that some lawmakers say in the state Capitol “is causing this to happen,” she said. “The debate about the humanity of LGBTQ+ people at the state legislature, especially the fear mongering about the lives of trans people has fueled a culture of bias and discrimination that is now trickling down into our schools,” the group said.Īngela Hale, a senior advisor to Equality Texas, said her group gets reports on a near-weekly basis of LGBTQIA kids being bullied in school. In 2021, lawmakers have filed an “unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills,” particularly ones targeting trans kids. State legislators across the country and in Texas have ramped up their attacks on the LGBTQ community, Equality Texas wrote. Limiting these kids’ support could harm their mental health. In addition, 94% of Texas LGBTQ students have reported hearing anti-LGBTQ remarks at school, the group continued.
Their removal “sends a dangerous message” to those kids and their peers and “promotes a hostile school climate.” “Safe space” stickers let young LGBTQ people know they can find support with adult allies if they ever need it, the group wrote in a statement. On Thursday, Equality Texas released its own statement on the MacArthur student protestors’ "courageous walkout." "They need to stop targeting innocent children.” – Angela Hale, Equality Texas tweet this “While educators have the right to express their personal viewpoints on their personal time, Irving ISD policy … states that teachers shall not use the classroom to transmit personal beliefs regarding political or sectarian issues,” the statement read. #txlege #StopTargetingTransKids #ProtectTransKids- Equality Texas SeptemIrving ISD did not return the Observer’s request for comment, but last week, the district issued a statement claiming that “every inch” of their schools is a “safe zone for all students.” Boerne ISD in South Texas also reportedly asked for the resignation of a nonbinary teacher because of complaints about their gender identity and use of the nonbinary honorific, Mx.Īugust: Boerne ISD is requested the resignation of a nonbinary teacher because of complaints that stem from their gender identity and use if Mx nonbinary honorific. In 2017, a Mansfield ISD art teacher was suspended after she showed students a picture of her fiancée. Irving ISD isn’t the first Texas school district to attract controversy over its handling of LGBTQ issues. “We care about the rights of the underrepresented,” the student continued.
“At this school, they told us that we couldn’t share how we feel. Some held a large pride flag and wore rainbow stickers while demanding that MacArthur respect the rights of all students. In a video posted Wednesday by community-based journalism platform Smash Da Topic, tensions were high as students milled outside the school. Now, The Dallas Morning News is reporting that two teachers have been “removed” from the school for supporting gay and transgender pupils. The "safe space” stickers were intended to let students know that they could have open conversations about their gender identity and sexuality in that classroom, according to WFAA. Last week, hundreds of teens staged a walkout from the Irving campus, ditching class after teachers were reportedly forced to remove stickers supporting the LGBTQ community from their doors. Students at MacArthur High School had enough.