MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!
Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio,
Did our subject line of our blog post grab your attention? It should. It's a direct quote from Democratic Vice President candidate Tim Walz, and it's a message that couldn't be more relevant right now. The Texas Department of Public Safety's new policy prohibiting transgender individuals from changing the gender marker on their driver's license is yet another attempt by Texas Republicans to impose their will on our community.
It's time to demand that they leave the LGBTQ+ community alone. We're sharing a press release from Texas Stonewall Democrats that calls out this discriminatory action for what it is—an assault on the rights and dignity of transgender Texans. We must stand together and fight back.
If you have any questions or need resources, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Daniel Pacheco
Co-Chair, Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Robert Vargas III, President
info@texasstonewall.com
Thursday, August 22, 2024
(210) 790-7979
Texas Stonewall Democrats Condemn Harmful Action by State Government in Targeting Transgender Texans
The Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus strongly condemns the dangerous and invasive action by the Texas Department of Public Safety in reversing policy in the dead of night and blocking transgender Texans from pursuing a change in their gender markers on state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards. Further, it is radical government intimidation and intervention to track fellow citizens when history has shown that nothing good has ever come from a governmental entity making a list of marginalized people.
“While the Texas Democratic Delegation is in Chicago, and for the first time ever has two trans delegates to the Democratic National Convention, extreme Texas Republicans led by Ken Paxton are seeking to further strip the dignity of trans folx by denying them the ability to change their gender marker to the gender that reflects who they are,” said Jessica Cohen and Mo Jenkins, Vice President and Ad-Hoc Officer respectively with the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus, and who identify as transgender. “When a key Democratic Party message at convention is to ‘mind your own business’, this sudden policy change has so many negative waterfall implications that it is clearly meant to target and intimidate Texans who identify as transgender.”
The Board of Directors of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus strongly urge the Department of Public Safety to reverse their political policy decision immediately. While we expect the department will not take this necessary action, the strongest recourse we have is the judicial system and the sacred power to vote this November.
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