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heymerle:

vaspider:

vaspider:

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/2025ALT

US Congress SB9 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress

if your senator's a democrat, try the script below. it’s got a bail out written in. play with it. you’ll get an intern. be polite. no dem cosponsors so far. but dems often cast cowardly votes & need to know it won't hurt them to stand with trans people. see ⬇️🧵 find your reps: https://myreps.datamade.us Hi, my name is ___________ and I'm one of Senator ____________'s constituents. I need the Senator to commit to voting No on S-9, the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," and other anti-trans legislation on the way. Trump's Executive Orders made it clear none of this is about protecting women. And no compromise on trans rights will make Republicans stop attacking. Voters respond when Democrats fight injustice. Bipartisanship isn't what at-risk people need or what the base wants, and it didn't help Democrats win 2024 elections. [you can stop here at 0:30 if you want to bail out] If Senate Democrats stand together, Republicans can't pass this law and others like them. Executive Orders are easily overturned. Tell Senator _____________ to vote No on S-9. If not for trans people, then because voters show up for Democrats who stand for something. Thank you.ALT

My Reps

if your senator’s GOP, try this script. it’s got a bail out written in. you’ll get an intern. be polite. some GOP can be manipulated, especially if they think it could cost them (see ⬇️). *do not do a fake 'hick' voice.* your suburban neighbors are trump voters.🧵 find your reps: https://myreps.datamade.us Hi, my name is _____________ and I'm one of Senator __________'s constituents. I need the Senator to vote No on S-9—the trans sports ban bill. Government shouldn't be in people's business like that. I don't want some adult looking down a kid's pants to make sure she's got the right parts to play softball. It's disgusting. Trump's Executive Orders made us look like maniacs. I've got neighbors who don't talk to me now. There are people at work who think I'm a Nazi because of how I voted. [you can stop here at 0:25 if you want to bail out] I thought we were going to help the working class? Fix the economy Most folks don't ever even meet one of these people. All this transgender stuff doesn't do a thing to bring down my grocery bill. Who cares? Tell _____________ to vote No on S-9. Focus on things that matter. Not culture war stuff. We don't need perverts in kids' pants. Thank you.ALT

(Also doing a fake hick voice is gross.)

the so-called “protection of women & girls in sports act” is cosponsored by 36 republicans. more may sign on. check the screenshot below. if your senator’s GOP, but under the “persuadable” header—i’m borderline begging you to make the call. cassidy, collins, murkowski voted to impeach trump.🧵ALT
here’s what we’re up against w/dems, btw.

 schumer (NY) on inaguration day calls for bipartisanship & gets ratioed hard by people who saw all the EOs. booker (NJ) saying "the people...didn't send me here to oppose trump" also went over poorly! dems need to be badgered & coddled to fight.🧵ALT
"but isn't there room for compromise? what about the polling on this?" 1. no compromise will satisfy the GOP 2. compromising with people who want trans people to not exist is bad for trans people! 3. interracial marriage didn't have popular support til the 90s 4. it won't work. tap the thread.🧵ALT

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why didn’t dems answer those ads? they had no plan. that’s bad! but they appear to be testing one now. they moved almost unanimously against the congressional version of this bill. that’s good! please help trans people survive this administration by encouraging that behavior in the senate!🧵 screencap of the house vote on hr28—the bill that bans trans women and girls from participating in sports. all sports. as many sports as possible. not some. swimming & boxing & chess & darts. it shows 216 republicans voting yes. do this. it shows 0 republicans voting no. don’t do this. it also shows all but 3 democrats - 206 of them - moving together to try to block this bill.ALT

[Spider’s note: yes, she means the House version of the bill, HR 28.]

"why is a sports ban so bad? isn’t this is only going to ban a few dozen people? aren't there other hills to die on?"

assuming you're asking that in good faith i would invite you to explore this article by @katelynburns.com. 🧵ALT

Opinion | The oppressive goal at the top of Speaker Mike Johnson’s to-do list

in that piece above, katelyn explains that "making democrats look bad by defending trans women—or look bad by not defending trans women—isn't republicans' goal…the goal of targeting trans women in sports...is to create a federal law that declares trans women are men." she was right. look. 🧵ALT
in response to this sentiment, here's katelyn again in xtra: 

"the legislative branch is supposed to represent we the people, & legislators still respond to constituent phone calls"

last month, dems admitted constituent calls moved 37 votes left on a bad bill.🧵ALT

The case for calling your reps | Xtra Magazine

senate dems left the filibuster intact last term. that means the GOP needs 7 dem yes votes + the full GOP to advance this to trump.

 we only need 41 total votes—a combination of any of the 47 dems & any GOP defector—to keep this from becoming a hard-to-reverse law. please call. thank you. 💜🏳️‍⚧️ALT

Usually I provide alternate means, but y'all, call at 2 am if you don’t want to talk to a person, but this time, we need you to actually physically call. This one isn’t email priority. It’s please fucking call your Senators priority. I have been clear about not being alarmist, so let me say that this is one that we need to defeat. If your Senator is already firmly in the “no” camp, like mine, who introduced bills to make Bostock law, encourage them to be loud/louder about their no.

The head of the NCAA, which has about 500K athletes, said maybe five are trans people.