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[[link removed]] Dear John,



Next Friday, officials with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) Council [[link removed]] will hold the last public meeting of 2022. In March, it was DFPS that decided to carry out Gov. Abbott's unlawful directive and open investigations on 13 Texas families merely on the suspicion that their kids might be transgender. Since then, we’ve shown up to every single DFPS meeting to share the stories of these families.

We need you to join us in this fight and stop these senseless attacks once and for all.

Here are two acions you can take to support transgender kids and those who love them:

*
Share
your
story
by
submitting
anonymous
testimony
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:
If
you
are
a
transgender
youth,
part
of
a
family
with
transgender
children,
or
an
impacted
professional
who
works
with
transgender
youth
(healthcare,
providers,
teachers)
use
this
link
to
submit
your
testimony
anonymously.
Volunteers
will
read
your
testimony
at
the
meeting
on
your
behalf.


*
Volunteer
to
read
testimony
or
fill
a
seat
to
pack
the
room
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:
We
need
volunteers
to
attend
the
DFPS
meeting
in
person
and
read
the
anonymous
testimony
to
protect
the
identities
of
transgender
children
and
their
families
from
being
targeted
by
DFPS.



Transgender people of all ages deserve to live their lives free from attacks for following best-practice medical guidance that has existed for decades. Allowing the radical right to attack the smallest among us is as despicable as it is cowardly. But today, together, we can put a stop to it.

Give the gift of showing up for trans kids and their families. Because no loving family should fear having their children ripped from their homes simply because of who they are .

Con esperanza,

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Adri Pérez

Organizing Director
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