Unpacking Hate: GOP bills and hate speech target LGBTQ
“The death of an Oklahoma teen after a fight in school has LGBTQ+ advocates seeking answers”
“Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old student died following a fight at an Oklahoma high school – and as an investigation into the cause of death continues, advocates point to a heightened and hostile climate against the LGBTQ+ community. Nex Benedict, whose family says identified as nonbinary, died February 8, one day after they told their family they and a transgender student were involved in a fight with others at Owasso High School.” – CNN
Connect the dots between MAGA hate speech and legislation targeting the LGBTQ with this infographic.
- Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill that forbids youth to use restrooms that match their gender identity. – Stop The Coup 2025
- We are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state, said Tom Woods, Oklahoma State Senator about the LGBTQ community. – The Oklahoman
- Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instructions does not believe nonbinary or transgender people exist.” – NY Times
- Walter appoints Chaya Raichik, founder of Libs Of TikTok as an advisor to library panel – AP
Ryan Walters anti-transgender rhetoric
“Oklahoma, Nex’s home state, has declared legislative war on trans and nonbinary people. We see a clear connection between this hateful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and the bullying of trans and nonbinary people. Legislation that restricts the freedom and legitimacy of trans and nonbinary people gives permission for others to attack.
In May 2022, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill that forbids youth to use restrooms that match their gender identity.
In March 2022, Stitt signed a bill banning trans women or girls in public schools from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender.
In May 2023, Stitt signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for anyone under 18.
Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Schools also appointed Chaya Raichik – a well-known social media influencer who spreads anti-trans rhetoric – to a state library advisory board.” – Stop The Coup 2025
White Christian Nationalism
Turn the U.S. into a white nationalist theocracy, ruled by the Bible, not secular law and our Constitution
“The extremist right wing of the US conservative party has united behind Project 2025: already 100 groups are listed as advisors. Their goal is to roll back the critical rights and freedoms we have gained for Black and Brown Americans, for LGBTQ people, and for all Americans who believe in our Constitution, and the separation of Church and State, and our hard-won freedom to express our gender in any way we wish.
Project 2025 is a nearly 1000-page conservative party electoral blueprint released by the Heritage Foundation that calls for the systematic dismantling of the federal government and for giving unprecedented power to the President, ending our system of checks and balances. It is a blueprint for autocracy. Project 2025 also seeks to turn the U.S. into a white nationalist theocracy, ruled by the Bible, not secular law and our Constitution. – Stop The Coup 2025
Project 2025: Republican plan to persecute LGBTQ
Project 2025 takes aim at trans and other LGBTQ people who are criminalized in their extremist plan to remake America and ‘purify’ it.
In the name of “protecting children,” Project 2025 wants to cleanse school libraries of any reference to trans or LGBTQ+ people – and punish teachers and school librarians who don’t obey.
Project 2025 labels “trans ideology” as pornography, and plan to imprison those to produce or distribute it.
Project 2025 says parents or physicians who reassign the sex of a minor are committing child abuse.
Project 2025 argues that sex is only binary – the authors call that a “biological reality” assigned at birth – and refuse to recognize anyone who doesn’t fit in the binary box.
Project 2025 states that schools will be forbidden to use any name not written on a student’s birth certificate.
Project 2025 would no longer allow transgender Americans to serve in the military.
Nex Benedict’s tragic death reminds us that words are weapons when fueled by hate. They are behind policies that are fostering hate against LGBTQ+ people in Oklahoma and across America.
TakeAway: Oppose the Republican Project 2025 that would strip LGBTQ Americans of the right to equality and safety and the same federal protections and guarantees as others.
Deepak
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