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The LGBT rights backlash under Donald Trump’s presidency got off to an early start this week.
“Texas state lawmakers filed proposed bills ahead of the 2017 legislative session, which begins on Jan. 10. The 400 laws set to be debated by legislators next year include regulations that would force anyone casting a ballot in Texas to provide valid identification at the voting booth, a proposal to ban sanctuary cities in the state, and a pair of bills that would bring the battle over trans bathroom use to the Lone Star State. There’s also legislation that, if enacted, would effectively out LGBT students to their families.
This is a harbinger of things to come. Over the next four years LGBT rights will face a sustained challenge from entities on the far right. Following the election, the National Organization for Marriage, the anti-LGBT group behind California’s Prop. 8, sent out an email to supporters calling it a “bright and exciting time” for dismantling the basic civil liberties that LGBT people hold dear. Those sentiments are likely to be echoed by other lobby groups, politicians, and leaders who regard the Trump administration as a mandate to hate.
More than 200 anti-LGBT bills were introduced to local legislatures in 2016, as the Human Rights Campaign reports. Many of these bills, facing retaliation from the business community, were tabled or voted down. Those that passed faced sustained and organized resistance.”
For those who didn't vote or voted third party we warned you.