Tell your Members of Congress: No compromise with transphobia!
Call BOTH of your Senators.
Call ONE of the Representatives. Note: only one of these Congressmembers represents you. Find out which one here.
Call Script
My name is __, I am a constituent in ZIP code _____, and I am a member of Indivisible SF. We stand for the rights of all Americans, and that includes LGBT people.
I am concerned about the Republican appropriations bills with anti-LGBT riders. Gender-affirming care is life-saving medicine, the federal government should not interfere with sports leagues, and bathroom bans are cruel and pointless.
You can't appease fascism by sacrificing a minority—you only embolden it. Please do everything in your power to defend transgender rights, up to and including filibusters and forcing a government shutdown.
Background
Republicans have attached anti-LGBT attack riders to funding bills for the government.
Some of the worst riders:
Commerce, Justice, and Science bill — would force trans women into men's prison.
Financial Services and General Government bill — would take away gender-affirming care coverage from federal employees’ health plans.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill — would:
Ban “any federal funds” from supporting gender-affirming care at any age, even for adults. The broadest possible interpretations of this would strip all healthcare via Medicaid and Medicare from transgender people.
Banning trans kids from sports.
Expose LGBTQ+ foster children to abuse
Congressional Democrats have already caved on the National Defense Authorization Act, accepting pride flag and bathroom bans on military bases and stripping gender-affirming care for military families (TRICARE). Tell them to stand their ground for once.
This Week's US Congressional Call Scripts:
