US House of Representatives to vote on the Equality Act next week - CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NOW - our lives hang in the balance

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[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here are some resources so that you know what you're talking about when you call your US congressional representative TOMORROW. Please contact me if you don't know your representative.

Passage of the Equality Act will leave every woman within US borders in danger every time they leave the house, among many other horrors.

If you care about your safety, if you care about your mother/daughter/sister/best friend's safety, CALL CONGRESS NOW.

https://usequalityact-women.com/

https://twitter.com/FeministStruggl/status/1361834688160141312

[–]WildApples 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thank you for trying to get us mobilized. I wish I had some allies locally to campaign with. I feel so daunted.

It sucks how they are shrouding this change in the cloak of LGB rights. Adding sexual orientation to anti-discrimination laws is long overdue, and I think most people will blindly support this because they think that is all this is. It sounds so wonderful; who could be against "equality"? Ugh. Now I worry that objecting will be seen not just as transphobic, but also homophobic.

[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

When you call/write about the Equality Act, stick to women's rights; I don't even mention anything that has "gender" in it.

I say that the Equality Act will destroy women's sex-based rights, women's privacy, dignity and safety, and women's sports.

I ask Democratic politicians if they really want to lose the next few elections when women, who make up more than 50% of Americans and who are the backbone of the Democratic party, find out what the Equality Act means for them, their daughters/ mother/ sisters/ aunts/ friends.

And I could give a fuck about being called "transphobic" - if "transphobic" means "standing up for women's rights" which is what I'm doing, then what does that say about what transgender activists are really after?

Conflict of rights. Except a TiM can simply change his appearance and his oppression disappears.

My oppression, and that of every other woman on Earth, will not change if I take off makeup, cut my hair and put on pants. (which is exactly how I look right now, except for the long COVID hair! ;-)

[–]WildApples 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am with you, but I think there will be many well-meaning people who will support this because they support gay rights. I think it might be prudent to address LGB issues too, especially lesbian issues, to show that this will not be the boon for all gay people that they think it will be. If we can untether LGB rights from the T issue, I suspect a lot of the support would evaporate it (at least by those who are not being bought by the TRA lobby).

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The T hijacked LGB precisely to piggy back on their fundraising, organizations and good-will. Trans activists were open about their hijacking.

The bottom line when we approach politicians is to focus on what the Equality Act means for women. As I've said, I only talk about the Equality Act's impact and its changing of the legal definition of "sex" to include "gender identity" on women's sex-based rights, women's sports, women's sex-segregated spaces - and don't even mention anything else.

Feminists In Struggle and LGB Alliance have apparently come up with ways to amend the Equality Act that would protect women's rights along with the gender people's, so if Congress were actually concerned about a conflict of rights, they could adopt FIST's amendments and everyone would be happy.

But Congress doesn't seem to care. I read on Ovarit that David Cicilline (sp?) the House representative re-introducing the Equality Act simply doesn't care about women's rights. He's going to fucking care when the Dems lose a ton of women in the next election. Dick-pandering, rape-enabling, arrogant prick.