KENS 5 reporter Zack Briggs takes a look at how members of the LGBTQ community are responding to the Governor's comments about transgender educators.
Sofia Sepulveda of Equality Texas, said any legislation introduced would face legal challenges due to a 2020 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.SAN ANTONIO — Advocates within Texas’s LGBTQ+ community argue their rights are under attack once again after a new proposal by Gov. Greg Abbott involving fashion and transgender teachers.
The teacher, Rachmad Tjachyadi, resigned last month when he started receiving “hateful comments” after a conservative social media account posted a video of him wearing the dress. Lewisville ISD officials didn’t find Tjachyadi violated any district policies. “This person, a man, dressing as a woman in a public high school in the state of Texas, he’s trying to normalize the concept that this type of behavior is okay,” Abbott said in the recording.
“I’m a transgender woman, fifth generation Mexican American, 47 years old and I knew who I was since I was 4,” Sepulveda said. “My first thoughts was just another push for Governor Abbott to privatize the school system and push for vouchers. It’s another way to discriminate against the LGBTQ communities in particular and it’s another way to continue control on people’s lives. What he’s doing is literally discriminating on the basis of sex.
“They ruled in favor of a transgender woman who was fired from her job for being trans,” Sepulveda said.
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