ACTIVISM: Tell the Senate to Pass the #EqualityAct to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights, and More
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 17 April 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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PasstheEqualityAct.com: *Lobby Day April 21st & #EqualityTime Phone Banking*
Learn about end-the-filibuster pressure campaigns in BOTL Episode #1411
EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE
What You Need To Know About the Equality Act (Center for American Progress)
Why the Equality Act Is So Important (Rolling Stone)
Beautiful, sacred and powerful: Inside the roller coaster fight for trans kids in Arkansas (Reckon South)
The Roots of Anti-Trans Violence - Report (Transgender Law Center)
This record-breaking year for anti-transgender legislation would affect minors the most (CNN)
New poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender laws (PBS)
Posted April 16, 2021; Written by Best of the Left Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Hear the segment in the context of Best of the Left Edition #1412: Trans People as Disposable Chess Pieces in a Despicable Political Game
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| 0:00.0 | This is the activism for the upcoming episode of Best of Left in which we shall learn about |
| 0:08.0 | the surge of anti-trans legislation coming from Republican controlled state legislatures, |
| 0:13.6 | the harm being inflicted on trans people, the trans exclusionary radical feminists who |
| 0:18.9 | have partnered with conservative coalitions to limit trans rights and the world of sex |
| 0:24.4 | segregated athletics. |
| 0:26.2 | Be sure to check that out coming to your feet very soon. |
| 0:32.5 | Today's activism tell the Senate to pass the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ plus rights |
| 0:38.3 | and more. |
| 0:40.1 | As more Republican state legislatures abused law to attack the rights and health of trans |
| 0:44.5 | people, adults and children alike, it is clear we cannot wait another moment to pass |
| 0:49.1 | the Equality Act. |
| 0:50.7 | The Equality Act would expand and modernize current federal civil rights law to protect |
| 0:54.9 | LGBTQ plus people from discrimination in the workplace, classroom, public accommodations, |
| 1:00.5 | retail stores, transportation, housing, and maybe most dire healthcare. |
| 1:05.4 | This bill would eliminate the country's patchwork of state-by-state protections and undermine |
| 1:09.6 | the new cruel state laws popping up around the country. |
| 1:12.8 | And while that should be enough to get behind this bill, it's worth noting that it would |
| 1:16.1 | also close large gaps in existing civil rights laws and expand protections for women, people |
| 1:21.2 | of color, and people of all faiths. |
| 1:24.0 | Last year, three House Republicans joined Democrats to pass the Equality Act and the same |
| 1:28.1 | three health passed again in February. |
| 1:30.5 | But in the Senate, this was always going to be a steep uphill battle. |
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