To: The Texas State House and The Texas State Senate
Amend Texas statute 85.007
We call on the Texas legislature to remove the requirement that HIV education programs targeted towards minors state that homosexual behavior is an unacceptable form of behavior.
Why is this important?
Statute 85.007 stipulates that any materials in HIV education programs for individuals under 18 years of age must state that homosexual behavior is not an acceptable form of behavior. Placing this requirement in training materials encourages a culture of hate and intolerance towards the LGBT community and has no place in our State's statutes. We call on the State legislature to remove this language from statute 85.007.