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hello trans friends and allies! the Tennessee Senate has passed bill SB 1440, which will hinder trans people’s ability to change their legal names and gender markers. this will go into effect July 1, 2023 which is in less than a month. 

what you can do right now is visit https://www.inclusiontn.org/tnncp and access free emergency name change services from legal professionals. if you don’t need these services, you can also donate to help cover the costs.

please please spread the word and share to your friends in TN as we only have until the end of this month! 

Kinda want 2 change my profile pic, but I've had it for like, idk, since I was 16 or something.

when you call your reps to ask them to pretty please stop taking away your rights, remember:

In deep red areas you're a republican who is thinking of voting for someone else if they don't vote what you want on this specific bill because it impacts your republican ideals so very much

In swing states you're an undecided voter who's gonna go blue if they don't vote how you like

remember to call because that way their phone is going off and their peers can hear it because their offices are close together (emails and letters don't work like that), so it can rattle them if they get high volumes. remember that you gotta make them feel like they're losing something.

Native American Rights Fund

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (Haaland v. Brackeen) - Native American Rights Fund

For decades, the Indian Child Welfare Act has been recognized by child welfare experts as the gold standard in child welfare practice. Anti-

The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision on the attempt up overthrow ICWA in June 2023.

Several states are trying to codify ICWA before it's potentially overturned.

KUNC

States look to codify ICWA protections as the Supreme Court considers the law's legality

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, several states in the Mountain West are preparing their own

Please reach out to your representatives to express your concern for the protection of ICWA.

(Each state has its own representatives, so you'll have to go in your state legislature website, do a search on which representatives represent you, and email and call them.)

This post has links on more ways you can help.

-fae