Americans want to kill gays

An Indiana church is urging the Trump administration to "execute" members of the LGBTQ community because "the Bible teaches that those people are worthy of death," according to WISH-TV 8 in. An Indiana church held a “Pray The Gay Away” event, and now stands by one speaker who went much further, calling for the execution of LGBTQ + people. A Texas baptist church — labeled an "anti-LGBT hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center — has caused outrage after a pastor said gay people should be "lined up against the wall and shot.

Several years later, Uganda’s parliament proposed initial legislation, known as the “Kill the Gays” bill, that was supported by a number of American Christian groups and eventually signed. The LGBTQ+ panic defense (earlier known as the gay panic defense) is a legal argument that states that the victims' sexuality or gender identity caused the defendant to lash out and harm or kill them. Its first documented usage was in when William T.

Simpson was killed by Charles W. Lawrence and Lewis Richard Killen.

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Justin Ellis , University of Newcastle. BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it's still illegal to be gay, U. The bill did not pass. Federal courts have blocked enforcement of these bans in both lawsuits. Lastly, and perhaps most ominously, if Trump returns to the White House, we expect his administration to use federal law — including laws meant to safeguard civil rights — as a cudgel to override critical state-level protections for transgender students and to force state and local governments, as well as private organizations, to allow or even perpetuate discrimination Why It Matters: A second Trump administration would strip LGBTQ people of protections against discrimination in many contexts, including employment, housing, education, health care, and a range of federal government programs.

That means SB1 can remain in effect. How We Got Here: The Trump administration was openly hostile toward the LGBTQ community and vehemently opposed the Equality Act, which would have ensured that existing civil rights protections cover sexual orientation and gender identity in the way that they already do for race, disability, veteran status, and more. Skip navigation. Affiliates: Idaho, West Virginia.

Downers Grove, Illinois. Make no mistake, gender-affirming care is often life-saving care, and all major medical associations have determined it to be safe, appropriate, and effective. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. Jun Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and a Memphis-based medical provider against a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming hormone therapies for transgender people under Pennsylvania Family Institute Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Massachusetts Family Institute Wakefield, Massachusetts. By Josh Lederman. IE 11 is not supported. What could Trump do while in office? The ACLU also has a comprehensive state-level plan of attack. In addition to rolling back existing protections, a second Trump administration will proactively mandate discrimination by the federal government wherever it can. The crux of arguments made by the anti-trans actors re-animated misogynoir stereotypes to exclude women of color from being considered women based on white Eurocentric beauty standards of femininity.

West Virginia State Board of Education. In essence, a potential second Trump administration would seek to erase transgender people from public life entirely by using federal laws — including obscenity laws — to criminalize gender nonconformity. It is that much harder today because of the viewpoints of the judges and justices Trump appointed to the federal courts and Supreme Court.

In July and August , anti-trans influencers manufactured controversy over the gender identity of Olympic athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. Sections U. Specifically, Project aims to limit the application of a Supreme Court ruling protecting people from workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status.

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