Texas Health and Safety Code Section 163.002 lays out the guidelines regarding the instructional elements related to sexual education and STDs in public schools within the state. Hidden under points regarding an emphasis on abstinence-based sex ed is a restriction profoundly damaging to LGBTQ kids throughout the state of Texas.
Specifically, this law states that sex ed instruction should include an emphasis “ … that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense.”
Lock a child in a room for misbehaving and you’re an abuser.
Send a kid to jail for being who they are based on these BS laws and you’re an awesome politician with high moral values.
I guarantee that this Statute was pushed and passed by GOP lawmakers. I equally guarantee that the Texas GOP will be drowned by a blue wave as the increasing demographics of latinos and other immigrant communities remember who has consistently targeted them with vile rhetoric and hatred.
Another reason here why the LGBTQ community should consider a coalition of groups (including registered citizens) to combat hatred and intolerance. As much progress as we’ve made on civil rights, we all still have a hard fight ahead. We have to do so together!