Tell Congress: Protect Our Kids’ Freedom

The fight for trans rights is now federal. Congress has introduced the very first bill attacking transgender youth. Some Representatives are trying to ban trans kids from sports – and more bills pushing trans people out of public life are on the way.

Members of Congress are fighting back – and they need to hear from you. Tell your Representative to vote “NO” on all bills that attack transgender Americans.

Some members of Congress are trying to ban youth from school sports just because they’re transgender. But it’s not just about sports - this is the first of many attacks on the freedom of transgender people to be who they are. Politicians are pushing another bill taking away the right of young people and their families to get the healthcare they need. We must tell Congress that our government should not interfere with the care we receive, the curriculum our schools teach, or the freedom to be ourselves.

When kids have the freedom to play, they build stronger bonds with their friends, their schools, and their communities. Title IX requires schools to adopt inclusive policies to provide these opportunities for all students regardless of gender – including transgender students.

Send a message to your member of Congress now and call on them to protect trans rights by opposing H.R. 734.

Send a letter

Dear Representative,

I’m writing today to strongly urge you to protect our children’s freedom to play by voting against H.R. 734, the so-called “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.”

This legislation would make it illegal for schools receiving federal funding to allow transgender girls and women to play on sports teams for girls and women. This is both discriminatory and unconstitutional, and I urge you to oppose it and all bills that attack transgender people.

Transgender girls and women participate in sports for the same reasons as their peers who are not transgender: to be part of a team, learn sportsmanship, and challenge themselves. It is because of this that leading advocates for women’s sports, including Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King, and the Women’s Sports Foundation strongly support including transgender girls and women in women’s sports.

If Congress was serious about addressing actual barriers facing female student athletes, it would be working to eliminate continued funding inequities, address pay disparities among coaches and staff, and ending harassment and abuse.

H.R. 734 does nothing to address these barriers. Instead, it targets a small, already vulnerable group of people for further discrimination. This legislation is both mean-spirited and cruel. I urge you to protect our childrens’ freedom to play by voting against H.R. 734 and all bills that target and discriminate against transgender people.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

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