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Pro-LGBT group, Pride TT, is firing back at the Opposition Leader, after Kamla Persad-Bissessar made and doubled down on her criticism of the Biden administration, as she welcomed U.S President, Donald Trump, into office. Rynessa Cutting reports.

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00:00Opposition leader Kamala Prasad Bissessa is doubling down on her comments regarding the

00:05Joe Biden administration.

00:07In a press release today, Prasad Bissessa goes further to ask whether her critics support

00:12the following things which occurred under Biden's administration, including but not

00:17limited to gender pronouns, gender reassignment surgery for children, sexualization and grooming

00:24of children under the guise of human rights, adult men using the same public washrooms

00:29as little girls and women, and biological men participating in women's sports.

00:35The opposition leader made her stance clear on these issues as she welcomed U.S. President

00:39Donald Trump into office, but the statements have hired local LGBT advocacy group Pride

00:46TT, which is warning the UNC that this will not secure them votes in the upcoming general

00:52elections.

00:53The first thing that I would like to ask her is to clearly define and explain what she

00:58means by woke extreme left-wing agenda.

01:02Because if we are talking about we are now going to openly disrespect and discriminate

01:07people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, things that they have no

01:12control over, I would advise her as well as all political parties who are contesting the

01:18general election this year that this is not going to be a winning strategy.

01:23Pride TT co-founder Kennedy Merage would like the UNC to make it clear whether it is

01:28going against its own manifesto promise of upholding human rights for all.

01:34In those previous manifestos they said specifically that they were going to ensure that no discrimination

01:40would befall any person based on factors such as race and religion, someone's residence,

01:46political affiliation, and they also included sexual orientation in their previous manifestos.

01:52So I have to see, I have to ask, is it that the UNC intends to contest this general election

01:58by creating more division and discrimination against the LGBTQ plus community in Trinidad

02:04and Tobago, and if that is the stance of the political leader of that party as well as

02:09the party itself, I am not, I am fairly certain that there is going to be a significant backlash

02:16not just from the LGBTQ community but from all segments of society.

02:21Pride TT also hit back at Donald Trump's policy position that there are only two recognisable genders.

02:28There has been so much research done by gender advocates and researchers and activists who

02:34have made credible contributions and have shown that gender is a social construct that

02:40exists on a spectrum.

02:42Pride TT says the LGBT plus community deserves recognition and protection under the law.

02:49It's calling on the powers that be to take a firm position.

02:53It's a call to action to us here in Trinidad and Tobago to state unequivocally where we

02:58stand as a nation against hate and discrimination.

03:01Listen, the fact is LGBTQ people exist and we must recognise their human rights to be

03:08treated fairly, equally, and with basic respect.

03:12Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.

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