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Dear Friend,

This is a call to action!

Today, Americans tuned in to watch the historic confirmation hearing
of Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health at the
Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, she would be
the highest-ranking transgender official in the U.S.
government. During the hearing, the ugliness of anti-transgender
politics was on full display, and our community needs to be prepared
to respond. 

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul used his time during the hearing to spread
egregious misinformation about transgender health care and transgender
children. This, after debate of the Equality Act led Congresswoman
Marjorie Taylor Greene to declare that ending anti-transgender
discrimination is "disgusting, immoral and evil," and hang an
anti-transgender poster across the hall from Representative Marie
Newman, mother of a transgender child. 

Equality Act

Friend, this rhetoric is hurtful and harmful to transgender
people of all ages, particularly children. More importantly, this
rhetoric and behavior is a tactic used by anti-transgender activists
to dehumanize transgender people and overshadow their truths with
pseudo-scientific nonsense. It is a means of denying transgender
people access to healthcare and all other measures of equality.

These moments remind us of the importance of GLAAD's work, countering
these lies, and amplifying the voices and stories of our community.
GLAAD's Rapid Response team is working with the largest media
outlets to make sure their coverage of Dr. Levine's historic
nomination and the Equality Act is fair and accurate. Our community
cannot let Americans be swayed by the lies put forward about Dr.
Levine or the Equality Act. We are also monitoring Dr. Levine's
hearing and the debate over the Equality Act in real time and
responding on social media and in the press to the anti-LGBTQ hate
from Sen. Paul, Rep. Greene, and too many others.

Friend, please make a Rapid Response gift

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 to GLAAD today so that we remain able to stand against hate, and
stand for ALL members of our community. We will not stop until we have
reached 100% acceptance of LGBTQ people, but we cannot do it without
you.

In Solidarity,

Sarah Kate Ellis
President & CEO

PS - To stand with GLAAD around the clock please consider making a
monthly donation here. To follow our up to the minute response to the
hearings, follow us on Twitter here.

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