Greg Abbott Says UN Can 'Go Pound Sand' After LGBTQ+ Backlash (msn.com)
These groups can also go pound sand.
Screw our global reputation if it means we have to support child mutilations.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott had a blunt response to learning that LGBTQ+ groups have written to the United Nations to complain about suffering from "systemic" discrimination in the Lone Star state.
Dismissing the international organization with a six-word post on X, formerly Twitter, Abbott wrote: "The UN can go pound sand."
His comment comes after Texas passed a string of laws that critics consider discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people. Seven new laws in particular have drawn the ire of some gay and transgender organizations and human rights groups, which joined forces to write a letter to officials at the U.N. "to raise alarm about the deteriorating human rights situation for LGBTQIA+ persons in the state of Texas, United States of America, due to hostile rhetoric and legislation from the Texas state government."
The letter was signed by Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. The LGBTQ+ abbreviation is used to refer to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, or other. Some groups use the term LGBTQIA+ with the I standing for intersex and the A standing for asexual.
These groups can also go pound sand.
Anyone that wants to mutilate children can move to progressive ****holes if they so desire.Quote:
The seven Texas laws cited in the letter as examples of LGBTQ+ discrimination are:
Senate Bill 12, which prohibits "sexually oriented performances" on public property if audience members are under 18. Critics believe this is an attempt to target drag shows for children.
Senate Bill 14, which bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender children.
Senate Bill 15, which restricts transgender athlete participation in college sports.
Senate Bill 17, which bans public universities from having diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Senate Bill 763, which allows schools to use religious chaplains for counseling purposes.
House Bill 900, which allows schools to restrict access to "sexually explicit" or "vulgar" books.
House Bill 2127, which restricts local governments from enacting non-discrimination ordinances beyond what is already expressly authorized in state law under various state codes.
The UN can go pound sand. https://t.co/JpWguPHGHJ
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 25, 2024
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After publishing the open letter to the U.N., the CEO of Equality Texas, Ricardo Martinez, said: "We cannot pretend to be a beacon of freedom when our state is slipping behind global human rights standards that have been in place for nearly 50 years. Our nation is only as strong as our weakest link, and right now, Texas is dragging our nation into a human rights crisis that will do more than damage our global reputation, it will harm our LGBTQIA+ neighbors at home."
Newsweek has reached out to Abbott and the U.N. seeking comment on the letter.
It isn't just Texas that is grappling with LGBTQ+ issues. The rest of the U.S. is also seeing an increasingly bitter social debate about the rights of gay and transgender people, particularly relating to trans athletes' inclusion in women's sports.
Companies and brands that worked with the LGBTQ+ community over the past 12 months have been hit by boycotts, such as beer brand Bud Light, which was engulfed in a social media firestorm for featuring a transgender woman in an ad campaign. While drag storytime events aimed at children have also been hit by demonstrations.
Screw our global reputation if it means we have to support child mutilations.
