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thisfinecrew2018-10-22 09:49 am
j00j) wrote in thisfinecrew2018-10-22 09:49 am
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Scripts protesting HHS memo erasing transgender people
(edited to add intersex people as rydra_wong noted)
I haven't found scripts regarding the HHS memo yet, so here are mine. Edits and links to other scripts welcome-- I'm in no way an expert.
My name is [name] and I’m a constituent in [city, zip].
I am [calling/writing] to ask [representative] to oppose the Trump Administration’s attempts to erase the legal existence of transgender and intersex people, as described in the Department of Health and Human Services Memo discussed in the New York Times.
Furthermore,
IF NOT A COSPONSOR: I ask [representative] to support the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights protections like Title VII (7) and Title IX (9), ensuring that [I/my family members/my friends/colleagues/etc] have equal rights under the law.
IF A COSPONSOR: I want to thank [representative] for cosponsoring the Equality Act. I ask that they do everything they can to get their colleagues to pass this bill and ensure that [I/my family members/my friends/colleagues/etc] have civil rights protections regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
See if your rep already cosponsors the Equality Act:
House:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2282/cosponsors
Senate: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1006/cosponsors
Secretary of Health and Human Services Comment Line
202 205 5445
My name is [name] and I live in [state, zip]
I am [calling/writing] to vehemently oppose the Department of Health and Human Services’ memo proposing to erase the legal existence of transgender and intersex people. Ample legal and medical literature supports what these people have known all along— they exist and deserve equal rights under the law.
rydra_wong noted)I haven't found scripts regarding the HHS memo yet, so here are mine. Edits and links to other scripts welcome-- I'm in no way an expert.
My name is [name] and I’m a constituent in [city, zip].
I am [calling/writing] to ask [representative] to oppose the Trump Administration’s attempts to erase the legal existence of transgender and intersex people, as described in the Department of Health and Human Services Memo discussed in the New York Times.
Furthermore,
IF NOT A COSPONSOR: I ask [representative] to support the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights protections like Title VII (7) and Title IX (9), ensuring that [I/my family members/my friends/colleagues/etc] have equal rights under the law.
IF A COSPONSOR: I want to thank [representative] for cosponsoring the Equality Act. I ask that they do everything they can to get their colleagues to pass this bill and ensure that [I/my family members/my friends/colleagues/etc] have civil rights protections regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
See if your rep already cosponsors the Equality Act:
House:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2282/cosponsors
Senate: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1006/cosponsors
Secretary of Health and Human Services Comment Line
202 205 5445
My name is [name] and I live in [state, zip]
I am [calling/writing] to vehemently oppose the Department of Health and Human Services’ memo proposing to erase the legal existence of transgender and intersex people. Ample legal and medical literature supports what these people have known all along— they exist and deserve equal rights under the law.