I can’t take it anymore. I emailed all my representatives this afternoon with the following letter:
I am a voter and California native residing in the (xxxxx) zip code in San Mateo county. I am contacting you about legislation related to gender equality being pushed by the Democratic party. It pains me to write this, honestly. I am a lifelong Democrat. I’ve voted straight blue in every election since I turned 18, but that has changed. Today I re-registered to vote as an independent and will not vote Democrat in the future unless I see serious changes in the party’s approach to trans activism. Democrats want to market themselves as pro-women’s rights, but that’s not what I’m seeing at all lately with legislation like the Equality Act being pushed through Congress. Female-only spaces and sports, which women fought long and hard for, are being erased to appease a small group of men who wish to identify as women. I find this absolutely unacceptable. Women should not be forced to compete against trans-identifying men in sports. Women should not be forced to serve time in prison cells with trans-identifying men, particularly when some of those men are in prison for domestic violence and rape of women and children. Women should not have to accept trans-identifying men into their bathrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms, public showers, etc. I say this as a survivor of violent rape who has been formally diagnosed with PTSD: I do not want to share female spaces with any and every man who decides to call himself a woman. I wish my consent mattered to the political party that claims to support #MeToo. I am appalled by the anti-scientific mantra, “Trans women are women.” It is simply not the truth. Trans women are men and pointing that out is not bigotry or discrimination. It is a simple acknowledgment of reality. I wish the Democratic Party would stop falling in line with this propaganda and trying to gaslight and bully intelligent people into agreement. It’s insulting and irresponsible. Please know that I will be looking elsewhere for representation if the Democratic Party continues to trash women’s rights and treat biological women as if our feelings and needs mean nothing next to a trans-identifying man’s. For the time being, you have all lost my vote and I’m deeply offended by the misogyny I’ve been seeing. Comments are closed.
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