ACLU Supporter, I'm Gillian. An ACLU communications strategist focusing on transgender justice.

I'm reaching out because it's LGBTQ History Month, and politicians are still coming after the rights and safety of transgender people: States across the country have banned youth from accessing lifesaving medical care, playing sports with their friends, and using their names and pronouns in class. It's all part of a cruel movement to use trans people, especially kids, as a political punching bag.

The ACLU is working to protect the rights of transgender people – to defend our ability to make decisions about our own futures, express ourselves freely, and thrive. To continue our work, we need to hit our $100,000 goal before our deadline on October 20 at midnight.

Will you donate now to help the ACLU defend LGBTQ rights nationwide? The best way to commemorate LGBTQ History Month is by fighting for a better future for our community.

While we've made excellent progress recently in the fight for LGBTQ rights, we've also got a long way to go. The ACLU is currently working to defend the rights of trans and gender-nonconforming people by:

• Protecting gender-affirming care: After successfully blocking trans health care bans in Arkansas, Indiana, and Montana, the ACLU is working in many more states across the country to overturn similar bans
• Defending the rights of trans youth in school: The ACLU has pending cases in three states that would overturn cruel sports bans that prevent kids from playing with their peers, and they just successfully blocked a ban in Idaho
• Defending drag performance: Several months ago, the ACLU successfully got a court to overturn a city's drag ban in Utah, and the ACLU of Texas just successfully struck down a law that would have censored drag performances across the state.

With new bans popping up every day, it's incredibly important that the ACLU remains fully funded and ready to fight back.

Please, if you're able to contribute, will you donate now to help the ACLU continue to fight for transgender justice?

With supporters like you by our side, I remain hopeful that the just world we all deserve is not only possible – it's well within our reach.

Thank you,

Gillian Branstetter
Pronouns: She, her, hers
Communications Strategist
Women's Rights Project and LGBTQ & HIV Project, ACLU