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Former Dallas mayor Steve Barlett
State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez
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Republicans are resorting to homophobia in
their campaign to retain the West Texas U.S.
House seat currently held by Rep. Will Hurd.
Gina Ortiz Jones is the Democratic candidate,
and she is facing Republican Tony Gonzales.
The RNCC suggested Gonzales’ supporters
targeted her because of her sexual orientation.
In a podcast, Gonzales said she had a “trans-
gender agenda.”
While both candidates are veterans,
VoteVets issued a statement on behalf of Ortiz
Jones:
“The RNCC attacking any candidate for
their sexual orientation is reprehensible, vile
and gutter-politics at its worst. That in the year
2020, they think it’s a winning strategy against
a veteran who has served her country hon-
orably, tells you everything you need to know
about Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Gina
Ortiz Jones volunteered to serve her country
selflessly and courageously during ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell.’ These desperate and homophobic
attacks on her are yet another example of
how — just like their standard-bearer Donald
Trump — today’s Republican Party has nothing
to offer the American people beyond faux-pa-
triotism and culture-war grievances.”
Ortiz Jones campaign issued the following
statement on the RNCO’s attacks and Gonza-
les’ past homophobic rhetoric: “Washington
Former Dallas Mayor Steve Bartlett was
among three Republican former senators and
24 Republican former representatives who this
week announced their support for Democratic
nominee Joe Biden for president.
Bartlett was the 55th mayor of Dallas,
serving from 1991 -95. He served as a member
of the House of Representatives from a north
Dallas district from 1983-1991 and was
replaced by Rep. Sam Johnson.
During his term in office as mayor, the first
pro-LGBTQ ordinance came before the Dallas
City Council. The LGBTQ community thought
they had the votes supporting non-discrimi-
nation in city employment to pass with a 8-7
majority. Instead, before Bartlett voted in favor
of the ordinance, he said, “We don’t discrimi-
nate in my business. We shouldn’t discriminate
in the city,” surprising everyone around the
horseshoe as well as people in the council
chamber on both sides of the issue.
The Republicans supporting Biden issued a
statement that Trump’s failure in office super-
seded partisanship.
State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez will host a free
COVID-19 testing site and PPW distribution
event on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 231
N. Marsalis Ave., in her home district, House
District 104.
The event, intended to provide testing and
PPE for frontline construction workers and
their families, is also being hosted by Dallas
City Council Member Chad West, the United
States Hispanic Contractors Association, the
Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas, the
Texas Division of Emergency Management,
the Dallas Hispanic Firefighters Association,
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and Tito’s
Handmade Vodka.
Tests and PPE will be distributed on a first
come, first served basis. Those attending are
asked to wear a face mask and follow all social
distancing guidelines.
For information contact the Hispanic
Contractors Association by phone at 512-270-
9857 or by email at ushcadeaustin@gmail.com.
— Tammye Nash
Gavin Grimm wins in the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on
Wednesday, Aug. 26, ruled in favor of American
Civil Liberties Union client Gavin Grimm, decid-
ing that restroom policies segregating trans-
gender students from their peers and denying
transgender student accurate transcripts are
unconstitutional and violate Title IX, the federal
law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.
The decision comes after a five-year long
court battle that began when the ACLU and
ACLU of Virginia filed a sex discrimination
lawsuit against the Gloucester Country School
Board for adopting a discriminatory policy re-
quiring Grimm and other transgender students
to use “alternative private” restrooms.
Grimm, who began his legal fight as a
sophomore in high school in 2015, said, “All
transgender students should have what I was
denied: the opportunity to be seen for who
we are by our schools and our government.
Today’s decision is an incredible affirmation
for not just me, but for trans youth around the
country.”
This week’s ruling follows a recent decision
from the Supreme Court that it is illegal to fire
someone for being LGBTQ. The ACLU argued
in the case of Aimee Stephens that federal
civil rights laws that prohibit sex discrimination
protect LGBTQ people. Today the court once
again ruled that Title IX, which also prohibits
sex discrimination, applies to transgender
students.
Grimm’s case itself reached the Supreme
Court in 2017, but was sent back to lower
court for review when the Trump administration
rescinded Department of Education’s earlier
protections for trans students under Title IX.
The court sent the case back to the Fourth
Circuit Court for reconsideration. In 2019, the
Supreme Court rejected a challenge to school
policies that support transgender students.
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Republicans’ efforts to promote bigotry and
homophobia have no place in this race, and
it shows just how out of touch they are with
Texans in this district. Tony Gonzales should
condemn this shameless attempt to stoke hate
and answer for his own dangerous rhetoric
against the LGBTQ community.”
— David Taffet
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