Do Texas Anti-LGBTQ Laws Violate Human Rights?
Advocates have written to the United Nations, asking it to condemn anti-LGBTQ legislation in Texas as an attack on human rights.
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Advocates have written to the United Nations, asking it to condemn anti-LGBTQ legislation in Texas as an attack on human rights.
Several organizations want the U.N. to investigate how Texas plans to protect LGBTQ+ people's rights, as it passed 7 anti-LGBTQ+ bills last year.
In its joint letter, Equality Texas listed several requests to the UN including requesting information from the U.S. federal government on how it is securing equal rights of LGBTQ+ Texans.
New bans violate Texans’ rights, organizations claim
At least seven laws passed by Texas legislators and signed by the governor last year target LGBTQ people in violation of federal and international human rights law, four LGBTQ advocacy groups wrote Monday in a petition to the United Nations. The groups in a joint letter of allegation submitted Monday to 17 independent experts, working groups and…