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A message from League of United Latin American Citizens

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LULAC Analysis: Federal Judge’s Actions Blocking LGBTQIA+ Protections Are
Straight Out Of Colonial Times
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Nation’s Largest and Oldest Latino Civil Rights Warns Judiciary Extreme
Conservatives are Turning Back America’s Clock on Civil Liberties
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Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) issued the
following statement in the wake of the decision by Tennessee Federal Judge
Charles Atchley Jr. [ [link removed] ]
blocking the Biden Administration’s executive order issued in January 2021. The
order directed federal agencies to enact rules that specifically banned
discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in matters of
employment and education. The court ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed by
attorneys general in 19 Republican states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia.

Rodolfo Rosales Jr. – Texas LULAC State Director
“As LULACs first openly gay elected state director, I am compelled to speak out
against this injunction that essentially attempts to make invisible every gay and
transgender person in America. The ruling means this court believes we are
unworthy of even the basic constitutional protections to which everyone else is
entitled. Most concerning is that we have seen a series of recent conservative
legal decisions based on the logic that if the constitution did not expressly
state a specific right, it is invalid and does not exist. Never mind that many
other modern laws are drawn from legal principles and concepts that do not
expressly state their application today. Let us not fool ourselves. These attacks
on our civil rights are being fueled by the right-wing moral police who have
appointed themselves the arbiters of what our society should look like and how we
should be or behave. We are on a perilous, slippery slope, and I fear more
attacks on ‘the other’ are ahead.”

Alexa Rodriguez - LULAC National Women Commission Youth Representative / Director
of Trans-Latinx DMV, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the
Black-Indigenous-Brown Trans-Latinx Community in the DMV area.
“I am deeply saddened by what this judge is signaling to our trans and gay youths
across the country and Puerto Rico who are already being bullied and constantly
marginalized because of their gender identity and sexual orientation. Even harder
to understand is the pretext of faith used by those who support such narrow views
when they espouse hatred against fellow human beings. I am proud to be a trans
woman and leader devoting my life to strengthening, encouraging, and celebrating
each person’s unique beauty and not attacking others because they are different
from me. I will not be deterred, nor will millions of other LGBTQIA+ individuals.
America is stronger and its future brighter because of our presence.”

Jesse Garcia - National LULAC LGBTQ Affairs Committee Chair
“Rather than protect students at higher risk for suicide due to their treatment
and stigmatization at home and school, red state attorneys general want to target
a small population who are too young to defend themselves at the ballot box. This
is state-sponsored bullying, and LULAC encourages school districts to support
these students independently. Nothing in this decision can stop schools from
treating students consistent with their gender identity. And nothing in this
decision eliminates schools’ obligations under Title IX or students’ or parents’
abilities to bring lawsuits in federal court.”

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .







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