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Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Today, we honor our trans brethren that have passed away, and celebrate the lives of those of us still living.
We did a screening of the film Heightened Scrutiny in February alongside a Q&A with the director, Sam Feder. From now until the 5th of April (04/05/2026), it is available for free streaming! Find it here. We highly recommend this look into the fight that has been happening around the country regarding tans rights.
Part of that fight is to keep the work moving. Over 700 anti-trans bills have been introduced since the beginning of 2025. Kansas invalidated driver’s licenses for trans individuals in one fell swoop. Just today, on a historic day for trans people, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy on queer kids was unconstitutional. The Lemkin Institute, which is an organization that catalogues and fights against genocides in the world, has labelled the current climate as “the trans genocide in the U.S.”
Even here, in Washington state, which is considered a “sanctuary state” by many, anti-trans bills have been introduced. Our board president has put together a quick link to comment publicly and vote against the bills currently in the Washington state House and Senate.
If you have not already, we urge you to please, please, PLEASE comment and vote against these bills. They are designed to wipe out a core part of our community, the part that fought for and are the whole reason we have anything to fight for. For Marsha P. Johnson to Harvey Milk, to the thousands of unnamed trans people in history, to the hundreds of trans black women that are the backbone of queer rights & activism in this country:
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