Dear beloved community,
As you may have heard, we are expecting an extremely destructive anti-LGBT Executive Order to be issued by the Trump/Pence regime any moment now. Under the guise of “religious freedom,” this order would not just legalize, but incentivize discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, families, women seeking health care, as well as unmarried heterosexual couples!
We know that nothing about this order would contribute to the stability of families or make children – of LGBTQ parents or not – more secure. And we will fight like hell to challenge their relentless attacks against LGBT families and other targeted communities. Our Family Coalition is already working with our legal partners to prepare for a lawsuit against the Trump administration, as an organizational plaintiff, for the first time in our history, due to the far-reaching impact on our community.
But our small team is completely stretched to meet the various advocacy demands and we need your help to continue organizing on the ground, at the state level and to be at national tables representing LGBTQ families. Will you join forces with us? Here are a few steps you and those who love and support your family can take:
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Join Our Family Coalition’s Speakers’ Bureau. We are looking to identify LGBT parents/caregivers and children/youth of LGBT parents who can volunteer to speak to the press, share their stories (via multiple mediums) and boost our capacity to speak the truth to power!
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Donate what you can to Our Family Coalition, and encourage your friends to do the same! We are fighting for same-sex couples and all LGBT families right now, and are preparing for an even bigger fight (if that’s possible) pending lawsuits. We need your support to raise 30K as soon as possible to hire a field organizer.
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Support a local action. Our Family Coalition will be representing at both the Oakland and San Francisco rallies. Exact dates will depend on when the executive order comes out. Check the Facebook pages for the most up to date info.
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Join Senator Kamala Harris in rejecting Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary: her long record funding anti-LGBTQ hate groups, who specifically call out trans people as unfit to teach kids, makes her one of our most pointed adversaries.
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Sign and generously share Transgender Law Center’s petition opposing the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the (stolen) Supreme Court seat. His record shows he would vigorously support a narrow, conservative Christian re-interpretation of our laws, enshrining discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ people.
As many have said: we don’t all have to do everything, but we all are called now to do something. And as you act, in any way you are able, know that we are right there with you, fueled by a shared belief in the power of love and our common values of fairness and justice for all.
Yours in the struggle,
Renata Moreira
Interim Executive Director, Our Family Coalition
