A new coalition of national anti-LGBTQ+ organizations has launched a website that promises to deliver “model legislation” to policymakers, providing bill language designed to keep trans youth from accessing medical care and participating in athletics.
The site is part of a broad coalition calling itself the Promise to America’s Children that launched in late February to combat the Equality Act and push anti-trans legislation in states. LGBTQ+ advocates say that the groups have manufactured controversies.
“It’s no surprise that the ugly wave of state attacks on trans kids traces back to a few very familiar national anti-LGBTQ groups,” GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “They have opposed LGBTQ equality for decades, fighting marriage equality and now targeting trans youth.”
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“This unprecedented surge of anti-transgender legislation is not being demanded by constituents,” Human Rights Campaign State Legislative Director and Senior Counsel Cathryn Oakley said. “Legislators in several states have openly admitted that there is no problem happening in their states that needs addressing.”
(March 2021)