This article is from before the actions happened, I'm sharing this one because it's well written and touches on the points we consider most important: intersectionality and solidarity. Also we forgot to plan a post action media release for my city and got absolutely no media attention after the fact oops (except for community radio ♥️♥️♥️3CR❤️❤️❤️).

It's worth noting that this approach was so overwhelmingly successful that the rally in my city ended up being several times larger than anything we'd anticipated, 3000+ attendees at the peak. If you're looking at organising a radical campaign like this, use your contacts and ask your allies to mobilise, it's incredibly powerful stuff and builds power for their movements as well.

The discussion on mainstream queer activism being inadequate and toxic is very important and worth understanding in detail. You can't build a lasting movement or obtain liberation by throwing minorities under the bus and capitulating to oppressive patriarchal norms that reinforce harmful stereotypes and gender roles.

We've experienced this first hand. The day after the rally, an NGO announced their own action appropriating the name we chose and on the same day as a rally for refugees. They silenced all critiques, spat in the face of what we stood for and even claimed they organised one of the rallies in another city. They also have history of silencing the voices and efforts of trans people (especially from other marginalised groups) while platforming the politicians who pass legislation to suppress and erase us. It's been absolutely awful to deal with, but you cannot be complicit in it.

Recently the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule which would allow insurance companies to exclude gender affirming care.

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I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed rule titled "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Marketplace Integrity and Affordability," which would remove the requirement for insurers to cover gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit and restrict access to ACA coverage for DACA recipients.

Gender-affirming care is medically necessary and recognized as such by leading organizations like the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Excluding it from essential health benefits would create significant barriers for transgender individuals, leading to worse health outcomes and deepening disparities. Additionally, this rule would disproportionately harm DACA recipients by denying them access to ACA health insurance. Many DACA recipients already face challenges accessing affordable healthcare, and this proposed change would further marginalize them.

This rule undermines the principles of equality, non-discrimination, and justice that the Affordable Care Act is meant to uphold. The decision to remove these protections not only risks the well-being of vulnerable groups but also contradicts the fundamental values of fairness in healthcare access.

I urge you to reconsider this rule and maintain gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit while preserving ACA coverage for DACA recipients. Ensuring healthcare access for all individuals, regardless of gender identity or immigration status, is critical to fostering an equitable and inclusive society.

Thank you for considering my comment.

This applies to any marginalized group (to varying degrees) depending on the specific cultural and social conditions at play during a specific time of course.

The U.S. department of health took down this document about the benefits of gender affirming care for young people.

But the courts made them put it back.

But I have no idea if this court decision will be upheld or not.

So please, down load it to your hard drive so that the U.S. government can't bury it later.

https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/gender-affirming-care-young-people.pdf

A little good news.

This was Amazing.

He stood firm on his belief and called them out.

I'm glad that there are people out there who are fighting for the Trans Community.

Link to Subreddit Post