Happy Pride Month, friends.

This month means a lot to me and my family. I’m profoundly grateful to the generations of activists who put themselves on the line to advance LGBTQ+ rights, often against long odds. We’ve come so far, and yet the need to protect LGBTQ+ Americans is as urgent as ever.

2021 has seen 17 anti-LGBTQ+ bills enacted into law across the country, with dozens more introduced. Far too many of these terrible bills directly attack trans youth. It has been a hard season for our community and yet, I have also been so moved by the organizing, resistance, and joy on full display as we push back on discrimination. We know that ultimately love and justice are on our side.

We need to elect more LGBTQ+ representation. We need to pass the Equality Act and finally ban discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality nationwide. We can start right here, right now -- will you chip in $25 to support my grassroots campaign for Congress?

Chip in >> [link removed]

LGBTQ+ people live in every town across Western North Carolina, and we are proud to call this incredible region home. People sometimes ask me if our district is ready to elect an out Congressperson and I hear the skepticism in their voice, because it’s never happened before and thus feels hard to imagine.

My answer is simple: yes. For LGBTQ+ people, so much of our lives is about making possible things that once seemed hard to imagine.

My wife Meghann and I met in 2004. We fell in love and got married in North Carolina four years later. Our marriage was banned by law, but we knew our love was stronger than any discriminatory policy.

I founded the Campaign for Southern Equality to overcome laws like this, but also to lift up a new story about what’s possible in the South. After years of organizing, we helped win marriage equality in North Carolina and Mississippi. This year we’ve been part of successful organizing efforts to defeat anti-trans bills in the Carolinas.

I’m running for Congress to secure equality for everyone -- the freedom to be who we are, to love who we love. And we’re building a campaign that’s about the politics of what’s possible.

I’ve been honored to receive the endorsements of Equality PAC, a group founded by the leaders of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and LPAC, a group dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ women.

Right now, we need leaders in DC who are rock solid in their commitments to equality and justice. I’m ready -- are you with me?

Chip in >> [link removed]

-- Jasmine

unsubscribe: [link removed]
Paid for by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Congress

Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Congress
PO Box 7553
Asheville, NC 28802
United States

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: [link removed]
Facebook: [link removed]