I joined many of my colleagues to introduce an important measure for the rights of Trans folks.
John, we wanted to make sure you saw Pramila’s email last week about the Trans Bill of Rights she introduced in the House.
It’s a historic framework to ensure equal treatment and protections under the law for transgender and nonbinary people. And more than 2,000 of Pramila’s supporters have already signed on to support this important piece of legislation.
John, can you join Pramila and add your name in support of the Trans Bill of Rights? We must stand against attacks from the GOP and extreme Supreme Court.
Check out Pramila’s email below and please sign on today!
- Team Jayapal
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From: Pramila Jayapal
Date: July 1, 2022
Subject: Add your name to support a Trans Bill of Rights
John,
This week, I introduced the Trans Bill of Rights in the House of Representatives. It’s a landmark legal framework to protect the rights of transgender and nonbinary people and ensure they aren’t discriminated against or persecuted for their gender identity and expression.
It meant a great deal to me to introduce this framework, as the parent of a trans kid and as co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force. This is an urgently needed set of protections, as Republicans and an extremist Supreme Court attack and roll back the fundamental rights of trans people across our country. Right-wing media and GOP-led state legislatures continue to target our trans community with hateful, bigoted, and transphobic attacks.
Will you stand with me today in support of trans rights? Add your name as a citizen co-sponsor of the Trans Bill of Rights, so we can build support for this critical civil rights framework.
Add your name
My Democratic colleagues and I know that trans people, and trans people of color in particular, face some of the greatest barriers in access to opportunity, services and resources, and face some of the worst discrimination. And we know that the GOP will only continue to ramp up attacks on the trans community. We know we need to pass federal protections for trans and nonbinary folks urgently.
The Trans Bill of Rights would call on the federal government to:
- Ensure that transgender and nonbinary people have equal access to services and public accommodations by making the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and federal education laws inclusive.
- Recognize the right to bodily autonomy and ethical healthcare by expanding access to gender-affirming medical care and other healthcare services for trans and nonbinary people.
- Promote the safety of trans and nonbinary people by investing in community services to prevent violence against trans and nonbinary people and expand services for survivors.
- And much more.
The Trans Bill of Rights says clearly to the trans community that we see you and we will stand with you to ensure you are protected and given the dignity and respect that every person should have.
John, please stand with us and show your support for the Trans Bill of Rights by adding your name today.
Add your name
Thank you for showing your support for such an important and sweeping framework for the trans community.
In solidarity,
Pramila