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24 Feb, 6 tweets, 5 min read
When will media outlets like @NPR stop being lazy & start doing their job?!

The #EqualityAct is a HUGE departure from the gains achieved in the SCOTUS Bostock ruling & there are meaningful objections to the Act that aren't religious!

#AmendTheEqualityAct
npr.org/2021/02/24/969…
.@NPR's #EqualityAct reporting today was a failure:

"This act would explicitly enshrine those nondiscrimination protections into law for sexual orientation and gender identity, rather [...] 'sex.' However, the Equality Act would also substantially expand those protections." /2
This glosses over an important point:

The #EqualityAct does NOT follow the Bostock ruling which enshrined protections on the basis of sex. Instead of sex, the Act is based on gender identity.

This causes a cascade of damages that affect LGB people as well as women and girls /3
Our objections to the #EqualityAct are NOT grounded in conservative or religious values.

An act based in protecting gender identity will harm those discriminated against "on the basis of sex" especially same-sex attracted people (the LGB) and women and girls. /4
The #EqualityAct can be better!

Expand the protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people that Bostock started: #AmendTheEqualityAct so that it does not make the tragic mistake of conflating sex and gender identity!

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Your representatives need to hear from you about the problems in the #EqualityAct NOW:

- by phone, Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121
- online: democracy.io

#AmendTheEqualityAct

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23 Feb
Since @RepCicilline/@DavidCicilline introduced it, people ask us "Why is a group dedicated to LGB rights concerned about the Equality Act? What's not to like about a law that protects people from being discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation?"

A thread! /1
There are some wonderful (and overdue!) things in the Equality Act that we welcome. Of course!

But while we applaud the parts of the Act that advance LGB rights, we feel that despite being well-meaning, the bill acts as a kind of Trojan Horse for homophobia and misogyny. /2
As a community, the gay movement has waited so long for some of the important changes in the Equality Act, many aren't thinking critically about the trouble contained in it. To be clear, the problem WITHIN the Equality Act is NOT trans people, it is something ideological. /3
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5 Feb
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) & Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) look at the week of Feb. 22 to introduce the Equality Act with a vote expected as early as March./1

Psaki: Biden 'stands by' campaign pledge to sign Equality Act within 100 days washingtonblade.com/2021/02/05/psa… via @washblade
As written the Equality Act conflates sex and "gender identity." This eliminates female-only spaces by allowing access based on gender identity./2

"sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity)"
tinyurl.com/14k3m4vn
@LGBAlliance_USA supports @FeministStruggl and their proposal to #amendtheequalityact /3
feministstruggle.org/faea/
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2 Feb
The Op-Ed “In Statehouses Everywhere, Republicans Have One Agenda” by Jennifer Finney Boylan (NYT, Jan 31, 2021) misses several marks by several miles./1
We want to point out three particularly egregious errors:/2
First, the author attacks measures to protect safety & fairness in women’s sport as “targeting young queer people,” and suggests they aren’t based on science. They are. E.g. World Rugby cites dozens of scientific articles to underpin its ruling to keep women’s rugby safe./3
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1 Feb
The public is largely unaware that the promotion of false beliefs is having a devastating impact on many LGB people, especially women and girls. We will address this disinformation by making the following points clear:/1
That sex cannot be changed./2
That puberty blockers can cause lasting damage./3
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1 Feb
In 2021 we are focusing on four issues of crucial importance to the LGB community:/1
First: Clarify the shocking implications of the Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation./2
Second: Address the false narrative promoted by gender identity activists that some children are “trapped in the wrong body” and that this condition is cured by prescribing puberty blockers./3
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21 Jan
While we welcome the anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, the Exec Order signed yesterday is egregiously broad & effectively ELIMINATES 'sex' as a protected class. #BidenErasedWomen with this far-reaching order, which will decimate women's sports, safety & privacy.
Government agencies will be directed to include trans identified males in the definition of women, based on 'gender identity.' This means the end of female-only spaces, incl. shelters, prisons and sports. #BidenErasedWomen. #ForXX #AmendTheEqualityAct lgballianceusa.substack.com/p/fact-sheet-o…
The very definition of homosexual depends on 'sex,' & this Exec Order harms lesbians & gays by effectively telling them that 'sex' doesn't matter--only 'gender identity.' We're already facing abuse for refusing partners based on 'gender identity' instead of sex. #BidenErasedWomen
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