Thread by @actupny

🧵THREAD: ACT UP NY firmly stands against any legislative action banning masks, including State Assembly bill A10057, State Senate bill S9687, & any as-of-yet proposals. Proponents of these bills say immunocompromised people shouldn't be gathering in large crowds at a protest.

ACT UP NY begs to differ. Our entire organization & our entire movement is predicated on immunocompromised and HIV+ people standing up in protest against a government that abandoned us. Our masks allow us to gather as safely as possible.

This mask ban will make legal acts into illegal ones for immunocompromised people. This is discriminatory and ableist. We know that disabled people of color and disabled trans people will be disproportionately targeted by these mask bans

Jewish immunocompromised people and elders have been and continue to be a foundational part of ACT UP NY, and we will not allow our faith and identity to be scapegoated in support of regressive mask policies.

Contact your reps and demand they stop sponsoring and/or vote no against any bill that attempts to ban mask wearing in any capacity. Wear a mask in public spaces to keep protecting yourself and show solidarity with the people who will be most impacted by these bans.
#NoNYMaskBan

NYS LEGISLATORS: WE ARE WATCHING AND WE WILL REMEMBER!
List of Democrats co-sponsoring New York's mask ban bill:
@SamBergerNY
518-455-4404
@DeborahJGlick
518-455-4841
@AndrewHevesi
518-455-4926
@DavilaAssembly
518-455-5537
@CharlesLavineNY
518-455-5456
@AmyPaulin
518-455-5585