The East Bay Stonewall Democratic club strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s executive order which aims to dismantle life for transgender people in America. The executive order redefines gender as exclusively male or female as assigned at birth, eliminates “X” gender markers on U.S. passports, reverses guidelines protecting transgender inmates, and severely limits other federal recognition and protections for transgender individuals.

These executive orders are cruel, hateful, and do absolutely nothing to improve the lives of Americans. It aims to narrowly define sex in a way that will allow those in power to impose their own outdated ideology which will harm and threaten the rights for ALL Americans (transgender and cisgender alike). 

The East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club stands strong against this blatant hate, reaffirms its support for the transgender community, and vows to do everything in its power to protect and uplift trans folks and the broader LGBTQ+ community in Alameda County and beyond from the hateful policies of this openly fascist administration. 

Furthermore, we will work closely with our locally elected officials (many who were endorsed by our club) to ensure they will do everything in THEIR power to support and uplift the trans community in Alameda County and throughout the entire Bay Area. We are asking our elected officials to sign on to this letter and demonstrate their willingness to champion the rights of the transgender community and broader LGBTQ+ community and fight for:

• Access to Gender-Affirming Care: Ensuring that all transgender individuals have access to the healthcare they need to live authentically.
  
  

• LGBTQ+ Inclusive Education: Supporting comprehensive sex education and LGBTQ+ history in our schools to foster understanding, acceptance, and respect.
  
  

• Protection of Trans Youth: Safeguarding transgender youth from discrimination, bullying, and violence, both within and outside of schools. Including safeguarding the rights of trans students to play in sports activities that align with their gender identity.
  
  

• Sanctuary for LGBTQ+ Immigrants: Providing a safe haven for LGBTQ+ immigrants seeking asylum and opportunity and protecting our current immigrants from hate-based deportation.
  
  

• Ensuring Protection from Violence in Government Facilities: Work to make sure transgender individuals are protected from violence in jails, prisons and other government facilities. 

Our local officials must use the powers bestowed upon them by us, the people, to not only show solidarity with our transgender neighbors, but to enact policies which will protect them in the face of great hate from our federal government. 

In these intemperate times it is vital we stay rooted in community, care for each other deeply, and remember our collective power is stronger than any one administration.