{"id":54782,"date":"2017-07-17T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T22:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-is-wrong-anti-trans-agenda-already-harming-texas-economy\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T22:00:31","slug":"texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-is-wrong-anti-trans-agenda-already-harming-texas-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-is-wrong-anti-trans-agenda-already-harming-texas-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is wrong, anti-trans agenda already harming Texas’ economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is wrong, anti-trans<\/a> agenda already harming Texas’ economy<\/b><\/p>\n

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ICYMI<\/em><\/a>: American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, IBM all call<\/a> for end to anti-LGBTQ agenda by Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called on media to correct the record after Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick made misleading statements<\/a> this afternoon that the Texas economy has not and would not be impacted if anti-transgender legislation is passed during a \u201cspecial discrimination session\u201d that\u2019s expected to begin tomorrow. Patrick made the remarks during a policy orientation event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Click here to watch the full video.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In his remarks, Patrick neglected to mention that cities like San Antonio have already lost conventions and millions of dollars in city revenue because of the ongoing and harmful anti-trans<\/a> debate in the state. Further, Lt. Gov. Patrick today inaccurately portrayed North Carolina\u2019s economy to be stable following the passage of the anti-transgender HB2, which caused an economic panic for North Carolina\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s top corporations, including IBM<\/a>, American Airlines<\/a>, Southwest Airlines<\/a>, and AT&T<\/a>, all have opposed Texas\u2019 so-called \u201cbathroom bill.\u201d Not only has a so-called \u201cbathroom bill\u201d been opposed<\/a> by the majority of Texans, but it could drain about $3 billion from the state\u2019s economy while also putting the safety of transgender Texans in jeopardy. Even the Speaker of the Texas House, a Republican, voiced his opposition to the anti-trans<\/a> bills \u2013 saying he was \u201cdisgusted by all this<\/a>\u201d and did not want \u201ca suicide of a single Texan on [his] hands<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: HOW ANTI-TRANS BILLS HARM STATE ECONOMIES <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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