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Secretary Perdue\u2019s Attack on LGBTQ Kids is Inexcusable<\/b>
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Today, HRC\u00a0sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to news that the Trump-Pence White House and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue are attacking LGBTQ youth by pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy welcoming LGBTQ participants.<\/p>\n

The request demands \u201cany and all records, including but not limited to letters, memos, emails, text messages, phone records, budget requests or estimates, and other documents related to the Trump administration pushing the national 4-H youth organization to withdraw a policy welcoming LGBTQ members.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Des Moines Register<\/em> reported<\/a> that the move, made by Heidi Green, then chief-of-staff to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, eventually led to the firing of Iowa 4-H Director John-Paul Chaisson-C\u00e1rdenas for vigorously defending the LGBTQ-inclusive policy. Chaisson-Cardenas is the first statewide Latino director in the organization\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor over a century, the national 4-H youth program has taught tens of millions of children the importance of character and community,\u201d said HRC HRC Senior Vice President,\u00a0Policy and Political Affairs,\u00a0JoDee Winterhof. \u201cThis latest action by the Trump-Pence Administration is an unnecessary and cruel attack on LGBTQ youth that seeks to destroy community rather than create it. It is unconscionable that the anti-LGBTQ discrimination under this president has now inexplicably expanded into the Department of Agriculture. We are determined to get answers on how this came about and demand that Congress protect LGBTQ youth from this callous attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

The national 4-H (\u201chead, heart, hands, and health\u201d) youth program was created by Congress through the 1914 Smith-Lever Act, formalizing regional programs that began in the Midwest to teach character and community to young people. Since then, tens of millions of young people in America have participated in 4-H, learning invaluable life skills and developing a strong civic interest that benefits themselves and their communities.<\/p>\n

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