Dem senate candidate linked to a pro-transgender group that supports revoking parental rights

Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas’ 32nd District, who is running for Senate against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in 2024, has partnered with and received donations to his congressional campaigns from a left-wing group dedicated to the defense of transgender people, according to the media. reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Allred, a three-term congressman from Dallas who represents a suburb of that city, announced in May that he would challenge Republican Ted Cruz for the junior Texas Senate seat. Throughout her political career, Allred has been closely affiliated with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a group that has championed a variety of pro-transgender issues, according to campaign finance records and videos of her past appearances with the group

“Of all the support I get from any group, there is perhaps none that I am more proud of than HRC,” Allred said. said at a demonstration organized by HRC in August 2019.

Allred previously received in-kind and cash donations of $8,062.36 from HRC for her congressional campaigns. seconds to the Federal Electoral Commission and has received their help contact voters and host political events.

I am proud that I got a perfect score @HRCCongress Scoreboard. Regardless of who you are or who you love, everyone should be able to live freely without fear of discrimination or violence. I will continue with #LGBTQ Texans and work to protect their civil rights. pic.twitter.com/mew1vFhHmx

— Rep. Colin Allred (@RepColinAllred) October 17, 2022

HRC has supported the ability of children to change gender despite parental opposition. The group published a comprehensive guide facilitate gender transitions for children between kindergarten and twelfth grade and tea organized “Drag Queen Story Time” for elementary school children, according to its website.

HRC has it too lawyer for the use of “puberty blockers,” which are pharmaceutical drugs used to stop a child’s biological maturity according to their sex, according to their social media posts. “Fact: Puberty blockers save lives, are completely reversible, and have been used for years to treat trans I children with precocious puberty,” HRC’s Dallas-Fort Worth area division wrote on Twitter. now known as X.

HRC has reportedly worked with major pharmaceutical interests that make such drugs, including Pfizer and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, to encourage health care providers to support the transitions, according to a report. report by the Washington Free Beacon.

Allred has previously received one perfect score of HRC regarding its positions on LGBTQ issues.

“Colin Allred will do anything to support the radical transgender movement, which is why he has spent years working with a far-left group advocating for the withdrawal of the rights of parents who do not want harmful, life-altering gender transition procedures . to interpret their children,” Jarrod Griffin, a spokesman for Truth and Courage PAC involved in the Senate race, told DCNF.

The Allred and Cruz campaigns, as well as HRC, did not respond to a request for comment.

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