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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:38 PM Oct 2019

A human rights commissioner slurred LGBTQ people repeatedly & won't be forced to resign

A human rights commissioner in Virginia says that he won’t be giving up his position even after he posted hateful messages about LGBTQ people to social media – and his fellow members won’t be pushing him out.

Kenick El is on the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission (VBHRC). On Facebook, he posted a link to a Fox News article about a transgender woman who was convicted of sexual assault on a minor.

“This is why we need to stop giving men in dresses passes,” El wrote, referring to a woman who may or may not have been wearing a dress at the time.

“I have daughters and I won’t accept them sharing a restroom with a grown man suffering from this mental illness. Men trying to be women and women trying to be men is really confusing our children and I’m tired of seeing this nonsense promoted to our children.”

VBHRC chair Sylvia Nery-Strickland issued a statement defending El. She wrote that he “does not speak on behalf of the VBHFC.”

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Disgusting! When a human "rights" group allows this type of bullshit, I see little hope for humanity.

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A human rights commissioner slurred LGBTQ people repeatedly & won't be forced to resign (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 OP
El's days on the VBHRC are numbered. greyl Oct 2019 #1
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