All right, switching gears, everyone.
The human rights campaign declared a state of
emergency for the LGBT Q plus community.
The unprecedented move follows a passage of more
than 75 anti gay bills alone this year.
So here with more is our senior reporter Chloe
Alo. So Chloe good to have you here. Does uh what does it mean to sort of,
you know, have a state of emergence for the LGBT Q community here? Hey Baker.
Well, it means the conditions in the US are dangerous for the LGBT Q plus community.
You know, for the first time in 40 years of its history, the human rights campaign,
which is America's largest LGBT Q civil rights organization
has sounded the alarm on safety conditions for the community.
Hence this declaration
Human rights campaign President Kelly Robinson said in a statement, quote,
LGBT Q plus Americans are living in a state of emergency.
The multiplying threats facing millions in our community are not just perceived,
they are real tangible and dangerous.
Adding that as we kick off LGBT Q Pride Month Human Rights campaign will be working
tirelessly to educate and arm the community with
information and resources to ensure their safety.
Now,
the organization also released a digital guidebook that includes
health and safety resources in a summary of state
by state laws for individuals living in or traveling
to states hostile to the LGBT Q community.
Baker.
So let's talk specifically cloe why this organization is doing this because of
really all the anti gay laws that we're seeing all across the country.
Yeah, Baker. Well, anti LGBT Q sentiment has surged over the past several years.
According to the human rights campaign in the 2023 state legislative
session has been the worst on record with more than 525.
Anti LGBT Q bills filed 220 of which targeted trans people
and 77 of which actually passed and that's just as of June 8th.
Now, unfortunately, this isn't a new trend you can see on that chart there,
there's been a steady increase in these types of bills dating back to 2015
and starting in 2020 trans and non binary youth became the focus of many of them.
The types of bills actually passed in 2023 run
the gamut from don't say a type bills like the
one in Florida that prevent discussion of sexual orientation
and gender identity in the classroom to pronoun refusal.
Now,
the most common bills that we see are bans on gender
affirming care which make up about 23.4% of the bills,
bathroom bans which make up 11.7% in transgender sports participation bans,
which are about 10.4%.
Now according to the human rights campaign,
it's no coincidence that we are seeing a surge in
anti LGBT Q legislation and specific types of bills.
In particular,
many bills use language that is taken directly from model legislation
proposed by a handful of coalition groups like the heritage foundation,
which of course is funded by the
brothers, as well as family policy, alliance and alliance, defending freedom.
So there's obviously uh potentially more bills to come.
Unfortunately, absolutely, of course,
all this happening uh under well LGBT Q pride
happening right now as well. Uh
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thank you so much for that in depth. Look on that story.