John,

We’ve got a message for Democratic lawmakers who co-sponsor censorship bills and collaborate with Trump’s fascist agenda: we won’t let you rest until you stop doing their dirty work.

Today, a billboard truck is circling Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal’s office in downtown Hartford, calling him out for reintroducing censorship bill KOSA¹ and betraying his queer and trans constituents— and we paid for it.

Matthew Wallace / The Missing Lens

It wasn’t in our budget, but someone had to draw a line in the sand this Pride Month, and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Can you help cover the $1,925 it cost to demand Dems like Blumenthal stop helping Trump carry out his queerphobic censorship fantasies?

FUND THE BILLBOARD

In case you missed it, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would give Trump’s FTC full power to censor online free speech and block young people from accessing life-saving information and community online.² It’s a censorship bill couched in “child safety” that proponents and enforcers like Senator Marsha Blackburn,³ Elon Musk,⁴ and FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson⁵ would proudly use to “fight back against the trans agenda” and any topic they don’t approve of. Abortion care access, political speech, and LGBTQ+ content is all on the line.

Blumenthal’s cooperation with this ghoulish bill, especially during Trump’s escalating crackdowns on marginalized communities, is unconscionable. We’ve tried everything: hundreds of thousands of young people have sent letters to Congress,² hundreds more parents of trans kids penned a letter begging lawmakers not to pass this dangerous bill,⁶ we’ve written op-eds,⁷ met with offices, and still, Blumenthal is choosing the wrong side of history. So we took it to Blumenthal's doorstep and made him face the reality of his choices head-on.

Matthew Wallace / The Missing Lens

Will you rush a donation to get this billboard covered and help us gear up for yet another fight against this dangerous bill? Even $5 makes a huge difference for our small, queer women-led org. We’ve beaten KOSA before, and it’s more important than ever that we do it again. And this time we’re going in for the kill.

DONATE NOW

Beyond funds, we need your voice in this fight. If you haven’t already, call and write your lawmakers to Stop KOSA² and join our urgent actions Signal chat to stay updated on ways to help.⁸

Thanks for all you do,

Alex at ❤️Fight

Footnotes:

1. Press Release: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-06-16-billboard-truck-decries-senator-blumenthals-hypocritical-reintroduction-of-kosa-an-lgbtq-censorship-bill/

2. Stop KOSA: https://www.stopkosa.com/

3. NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/senator-appears-suggest-bipartisan-bill-will-censor-transgender-conten-rcna103479

4. Blackburn, Blumenthal Statement on New ‘X’ Negotiated KOSA Text: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/12/issues/technology/blackburn-blumenthal-statement-on-new-x-negotiated-kosa-text

5. Incoming FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson wants to throw trans people under the bus. KOSA would help him do that: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-12-11-incoming-ftc-chair-andrew-ferguson-wants-to-throw-trans-people-under-the-bus-kosa-would-help-him-do-that/

6. Trans Parents Letter: https://www.transparentsletter.com/

7. Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-online-safety-act-lgbtq-youth
   

8. Urgent Actions Signal Chat: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/signal