Dear MoveOn member,
Pride Month begins today, and all of us at MoveOn are honored to celebrate this time of joy, resistance, and community with you.
We want to help MoveOn members wear their values during Pride festivities (and long after!)—which is why we are proud to announce MoveOn's 2022 Pride Collection, including limited-edition “Equality For All” shirts, enamel pins, and hats, along with our special-edition “Protect Trans Youth” T-shirt.
All these items are union made right here in the United States, and proceeds will go directly toward supporting the critical work MoveOn is doing to defeat anti-LGBTQ+ politicians, stop the wave of dangerous anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, and pass laws that solidify equal rights—unlike the big box retailers who use Pride to try and make a quick buck.
While we enjoy the solidarity and celebrations of this month, we must also stay grounded in the reality we are currently facing across the United States.
2022 is on track to be a devastating year for LGBTQ+ rights and the worst year in our history for state legislative attacks on trans youth, with Republicans turning children into fodder for their hateful, violent culture war.1
Hundreds of bills have been introduced—and many passed—that ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, bar teachers from addressing students with the pronouns they use, stop trans kids from participating in sports, and criminalize parents and doctors who support trans kids with gender-affirming—and lifesaving—health care.2
It is a frightening and uncertain time—and that is exactly how the Republicans behind these attacks want us to feel. They want to beat us down, divide us, and make us feel defeated.
But we've got bad news for them: Pride has always been a protest. We will never stop fighting fiercely for our rights and standing in solidarity with other marginalized communities.
Let's use this year's Pride Month to show the GOP that they will lose their attempts to strip rights away from the LGBTQ+ community, pregnant people, people of color, and more by our joining together, making our voices heard, and carrying this energy all the way to the ballot box in November.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelly, Elizabeth, Alexis, Seth, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "This year on pace to see record anti-transgender bills passed by states, says Human Rights Campaign," CBS News, April 22, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163130?t=5&akid=324690%2E40999114%2EWBDhXM
2. "Legislative Tracker: Anti-Transgender Legislation," Freedom For All Americans, accessed June 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163040?t=7&akid=324690%2E40999114%2EWBDhXM
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