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<\/p>\nBetsy DeVos Affirms Again That She\u2019s Fine with Letting Schools Discriminate Against LGBTQ Students: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos\u00a0was grilled today by Senator Jeff Merkley and again, as she did before a\u00a0House Appropriations subcommittee in May<\/a>, DeVos refused again to say\u00a0that schools receiving funding from the federal government would be punished for discriminating against LGBTQ students.<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n GLAAD condemned DeVos<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cBy once again turning a blind eye to LGBTQ students who experience discrimination in school, Secretary\u00a0DeVos\u00a0continues to prove why she was the wrong choice to lead our nation\u2019s education system,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cDeVos\u00a0once claimed she was an LGBTQ ally, but has now supported back to back policies that would erase LGBTQ students from classrooms. If she wants to be known as more than an anti-LGBTQ activist the time is now to reverse course.\u201d<\/p>\n Since her controversial confirmation hearing process, which included a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence, Education Secretary Betsy\u00a0DeVos\u00a0has fallen in line with the Trump Administration\u2019s attempt to erase LGBTQ Americans from the fabric of this nation. In February,\u00a0DeVos\u00a0joined the President and Attorney General Jeff Sessions by\u00a0rescinding guidance<\/a>\u00a0that provided protection to transgender students at our nation\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n DeVos\u2019s anti-LGBTQ record extends well before her confirmation as Education Secretary. From contributing more than $200,000 toward efforts to add a\u00a0marriage equality ban<\/a>\u00a0to Michigan\u2019s Constitution to donating money to Focus on the Family, an anti-LGBTQ organization which openly advocates for so-called \u201cconversion therapy\u201d practices, Betsy\u00a0DeVos\u2019s record shows she will do anything to prevent LGBTQ acceptance from becoming a reality.<\/p>\n The post Betsy DeVos Affirms Again That She\u2019s Fine with Letting Schools Discriminate Against LGBTQ Students: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n