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Del Rio residents and advocates criticize removal of transgender-themed library display; ask Val Verde County to take public stand
Summary
Residents and LGBTQ advocates told the Val Verde County Commissioners Court the removal (and partial restoration) of a Transgender Day of Remembrance library display amounted to erasure and called on officials to publicly support legal protections and dignity for trans people.
Several Del Rio residents urged the Val Verde County Commissioners Court on Tuesday to challenge what they described as erasure of transgender stories after a Transgender Day of Remembrance display at the public library was removed and later restored without trans-authored books. Miguel Garcia, vice president of Del Rio Safe, told the court the removal allowed "violent voices to hurt us" and asked commissioners to…
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