A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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Friend,

Can I get personal with you for a second?

As a transgender man, I’m terrified of the next Trump administration. I
live in a red state and my rights have been under attack for years, but
Republicans running both houses of Congress and the presidency is a
nightmare scenario.

Before the next Congress is even sworn in, Representative Nancy Mace
(R-S.C.) is attacking transgender people with legislation designed to keep
all of us, but especially the first transgender member of Congress,
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), unsafe when we use the restroom.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to the petition demanding that Congress reject Mace’s
attacks on transgender rights! >>

Being transgender and using the restroom is almost a calculus equation:
how do I look today, where am I, who else is in the bathroom, and more all
goes into how safe I feel on any particular day. I’ve been living as a
man, beard and all, for half a decade now, so it has been a while since
someone has said anything to me about being in the men’s restroom. But I
still don’t feel safe. I know what people like the Republican Party say
about people like me.

Using the restroom in public is scary for all transgender people, but
attacks on our rights like these bills by Rep. Mace make it worse. On its
face, this legislation works to force transgender people to use restrooms
aligned with our gender at birth, but in practice these policies push
transgender people out of public life in general.

If someone can’t use the restroom somewhere safely, they’re going to leave
sooner, not visit as often, or stay away entirely. Rep.-elect Sarah
McBride, transgender staffers, advocates, and members of the public
visiting federal properties belong in our democratic processes.
Transgender people belong in our government.

[ [link removed] ]Sign on to the petition demanding that Congress reject these bathroom
bills! >>

Republicans campaigned on trampling transgender rights and sending us back
to the closet. They’re working to do just that. Transgender people and our
allies must stand up and resist.

Thank you for your support and advocacy on this issue.

Charlie Everett, People For the American Way

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