{"id":52245,"date":"2017-04-17T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-video-transgender-texan-students-under-attack-texas-youth-speak-out\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:00:27","slug":"glaad-video-transgender-texan-students-under-attack-texas-youth-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-video-transgender-texan-students-under-attack-texas-youth-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD video: transgender Texan students under attack: Texas Youth speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLAAD video<\/a>: transgender Texan students under attack: Texas Youth speak out<\/b><\/p>\n

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GLAAD announces \u201cStudents Against Hate<\/a>\u201d petition aimed at engaging students across Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 As anti-LGBTQ politicians in Texas continue to introduce and vote on anti-LGBTQ measures like Senate Bill 6 and House Bill 2899 \u2013 which both target and discriminate transgender Texans, Teen Vogue<\/a> premiered a new video<\/a> by GLAAD called \u201cTransgender Texans Under Attack: Students Speak Out,\u201d featuring Texas college students who are seeing immediate and chilling consequences to the anti-LGBTQ activism at the Texas Capitol.<\/p>\n

Students in the video<\/a> share their fears and concerns about Senate Bill 6, the anti-transgender bill that restricts trans<\/a> Texans from using the restroom according to their gender identity while also permitting discrimination against the overall trans<\/a> community.
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Click here to watch GLAAD\u2019s \u201cTransgender Texans Under Attack: Students Speak Out\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

GLAAD also announced the launch of its \u201cStudents Against Hate<\/a>\u201d petition campaign. This campaign, partnering with the Texas Freedom Network, Equality Texas, and the Human Rights Campaign, is aimed at engaging university and college students across Texas about the dangers of anti-LGBTQ legislation currently at the Texas Capitol. Student-led rallies will be held in multiple cities across the state on Tuesday, April 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe voices of transgender young people in Texas are often missing from mainstream media coverage of discriminatory laws like SB6,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO<\/strong>. \u201cYoung people today side with LGBTQ acceptance and GLAAD will continue working with our partners to provide platforms for these people to speak out and let their lawmakers know that their transgender peers deserve the same dignity and respect as any other student.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

GLAAD\u2019s video<\/a> features numerous transgender Texans speaking out about SB6 and other anti-LGTBQ laws:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you label a certain group as \u2018unwanted,\u2019 and you\u2019re using a trope of perverted people doing horrible things, you are opening the door to allow a citizen the right to be violent toward another citizen,\u201d said Thatcher Combs, graduate student at the University of Texas-Austin. <\/strong>\u201cAnd that is the danger that is SB6.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s scary on campus to think that there might be some vigilantes that spring up,\u201d said Cal G, a student at the University of Texas-Austin.<\/strong> \u201cIt adds that extra amount of stress knowing that I might have to hold it until I go home or make sure that nobody is in there and hope that nobody comes in while I\u2019m in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my testimony to them, I told them that if they pass this bill, that they will have blood on their hands,\u201d said Tahlia Grant, a student at the University of Texas-Austin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For additional interviews with students Thatcher Combs and Tahlia Grant, please contact Clare Kenny at ckenny@glaad.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About GLAAD:<\/strong>\u00a0GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live<\/a> the life they love. For more information, please visit\u00a0www.glaad.org<\/a>\u00a0or connect with GLAAD on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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