Posted on Jan 20, 2022
I Am Vanessa Guillén Act brings 'historic' military reform as calls for justice persist
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Calls for justice in the killing of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén have been partly answered as relatives, lawmakers, celebrities and advocates celebrate the passage of the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act to help and protect victims of sexual violence in the military.
"The best way to honor my sister was by having history being made in her honor, in her memory," Mayra Guillén, Vanessa's older sister, said at a news conference Thursday.
Vanessa Guillén, 20, was a private first class stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. She was last seen at a parking lot at the base in April 2020. Her dismembered remains were found near the base two months later. She was promoted to specialist posthumously.
Guillén’s family said she had told relatives and colleagues at Fort Hood, which has some of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army, that she had been sexually harassed at the base.
"The best way to honor my sister was by having history being made in her honor, in her memory," Mayra Guillén, Vanessa's older sister, said at a news conference Thursday.
Vanessa Guillén, 20, was a private first class stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. She was last seen at a parking lot at the base in April 2020. Her dismembered remains were found near the base two months later. She was promoted to specialist posthumously.
Guillén’s family said she had told relatives and colleagues at Fort Hood, which has some of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army, that she had been sexually harassed at the base.
I Am Vanessa Guillén Act brings 'historic' military reform as calls for justice persist
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."But for its handful of graphic illustrations of LGBTQ sexual experiences — out of the book’s hundreds of drawings — the parent, Stacy Langton, passionately argued that it should be removed from school shelves.
“Pornography is offensive to all people. It is offensive to common decency,” Langton, who has two sons attending a high school within Fairfax County Public Schools, protested.
That night, Kobabe watched the video on mute, thought little of it and went to sleep.
“At that moment, I definitely thought, ‘This is just going to be a one-off incident,’ you know? ‘This is just one school district; this is just one parent,’” Kobabe told NBC News.
The next morning, Kobabe — who uses gender-neutral pronouns e, em and eir — woke up to a slew of emails from journalists at The Associated Press and local Washington, D.C., news stations requesting interviews."...
..."But for its handful of graphic illustrations of LGBTQ sexual experiences — out of the book’s hundreds of drawings — the parent, Stacy Langton, passionately argued that it should be removed from school shelves.
“Pornography is offensive to all people. It is offensive to common decency,” Langton, who has two sons attending a high school within Fairfax County Public Schools, protested.
That night, Kobabe watched the video on mute, thought little of it and went to sleep.
“At that moment, I definitely thought, ‘This is just going to be a one-off incident,’ you know? ‘This is just one school district; this is just one parent,’” Kobabe told NBC News.
The next morning, Kobabe — who uses gender-neutral pronouns e, em and eir — woke up to a slew of emails from journalists at The Associated Press and local Washington, D.C., news stations requesting interviews."...
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