These people, both Democrats and Republicans are NOT OUR FRIENDS! I wonder how much Netanyahu’s AIPAC DONORS have been paying those seventeen turncoats to vote against our Transgender Rights and communities! We’re on our own peeps and we have to stand together and protect our communities and rights from this Fascist Regime! 😡😡🔥🔥
Def not on our own - plenty of good democratic allies in the LGBTQ+ community. I understand why you feel this way but anyone with a (D) next to their name can be pushed to do what we want to them to do. We just need to take coordinated action against them - at the very least primary them from the left. THAT is the problem. We are not at all organized.
No we’re not and anytime you say Dems are better than Republicans we pile on Dems and leave it at that. It’s like we want our own party which I would caution against with our numbers
Yah, I appreciate your comment. There are effective political methods to take coordinated action when your allies ARE NOT supporting your needs. I believe it's phone calls mainly - I wish I had saved the article but 50-100 phone calls to a politician's office can illicit an emergency meeting. That's important. It can push policy left.
I'm learning so I don't have too much insight other than that my uncle is a union lawyer and he always says to fight like hell to elect dems and then fight like hell to get them to do what you want.
Step 2 - Sort the list by your state, dem, and Yea/aye
Step 3 - Call their office immediately
I'm doing it for CA - if you have trouble sorting the sheet, I'll gladly help look up who voted yes. No Dem should ever vote for something like this.
Edit - Here's a script if anyone is interested / needs it / wants to help improve it :-)
Phone call script for CA Dems voting on NDAA -
Hi I am Summer Dylan, a US citizen, California resident and independent journalist. I am calling on behalf of trans people all across California that are concerned at your recent aye vote on the NDAA after Republicans added 6 anti-trans amendments. To many this looks like you are caving to Republican pressure and throwing the trans community under the bus. As you know, trans service members are being kicked out of the military for no fault of their own. For just being who they are and this vote sends the wrong message.
Our service members deserve better than this pandering to MAGA and as a citizen and resident of the great state of California, we deserve better.
If your office would like to make a statement for my publication The Trans Advocate please call me back at -----. You can leave a message with the statement if I am not available.
Thank you for your time and please do better next time. The rights and lives of trans people all across the nation are depending on it.
As if kicking all of us (trans people, I retired before I transitioned) out of the military wasn’t enough, now they have to strip us of medical care coverage as well. That rider does affect me as I have Tricare. These disgusting pigs will stop at nothing in order to destroy us - not for having done anything wrong, but for simply existing.
I wish I could say that I'm surprised. I've felt this coming since November of 2024. My endocrinology folks have been saying "Yeah, but none of his executive orders have dealt with adult trans folks." Well now, here we are. My twenty years of service are being characterized as being deceitful and my medical care is going to be denied, all in the name of making America great again. It has gotten to the point that it is irrelevant to break out Democrat votes, as they are deserting us every bit as quickly as the Republicans did.
What can I do? My representative voted no so I am pleased with that but will there be a lawsuit to join if this comes into law. Have an adult child receiving care under my retirement Tricare. This is wrong to take away care.
Call the other Dems who voted for these amendments and leave a long message with staff (or vm) about how bad this is for your family and how Dems who don’t represent ALL constituents and stand up to bullies will be voted out. I do it all the time and it doesn’t matter if you live in their state.
It's just so horrific. How can we even get out of this mess? The rational voices get screamed down and social media promotes the garbage. Mainstream media is amplifying transphobia so it's become a big business. How do we even stop this conservative propaganda machine? I am so sad.
I just sent an email to Chuck Schumer's official contact form. I am not his constituent, but as minority leader in the party, I feel he has an obligation to listen to all of us, especially if, as in my case, both my senators are Republicans. I urged him to use the filibuster and any other tools available to him as leader to resist these discriminatory amendments. I also added comments about the HHS appropriations bill that Erin in the Morning reported on Sept. 8th. This might be futile, but it was write Schumer or scream. Maybe both are called for.
These people, both Democrats and Republicans are NOT OUR FRIENDS! I wonder how much Netanyahu’s AIPAC DONORS have been paying those seventeen turncoats to vote against our Transgender Rights and communities! We’re on our own peeps and we have to stand together and protect our communities and rights from this Fascist Regime! 😡😡🔥🔥
Def not on our own - plenty of good democratic allies in the LGBTQ+ community. I understand why you feel this way but anyone with a (D) next to their name can be pushed to do what we want to them to do. We just need to take coordinated action against them - at the very least primary them from the left. THAT is the problem. We are not at all organized.
No we’re not and anytime you say Dems are better than Republicans we pile on Dems and leave it at that. It’s like we want our own party which I would caution against with our numbers
Yah, I appreciate your comment. There are effective political methods to take coordinated action when your allies ARE NOT supporting your needs. I believe it's phone calls mainly - I wish I had saved the article but 50-100 phone calls to a politician's office can illicit an emergency meeting. That's important. It can push policy left.
I'm learning so I don't have too much insight other than that my uncle is a union lawyer and he always says to fight like hell to elect dems and then fight like hell to get them to do what you want.
Infuriating! But LOVE that you deadnamed the DoD! They can cry us a Gulf of Mexico if they don’t like it
Def deadname all day! DoD, DoD, DoD LOL
Ok, now that I have calmed down. If trans people and allies want to call their reps - 17 Dems voted yes:
Step 1 - go to the link that Erin Provided - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025262
Step 2 - Sort the list by your state, dem, and Yea/aye
Step 3 - Call their office immediately
I'm doing it for CA - if you have trouble sorting the sheet, I'll gladly help look up who voted yes. No Dem should ever vote for something like this.
Edit - Here's a script if anyone is interested / needs it / wants to help improve it :-)
Phone call script for CA Dems voting on NDAA -
Hi I am Summer Dylan, a US citizen, California resident and independent journalist. I am calling on behalf of trans people all across California that are concerned at your recent aye vote on the NDAA after Republicans added 6 anti-trans amendments. To many this looks like you are caving to Republican pressure and throwing the trans community under the bus. As you know, trans service members are being kicked out of the military for no fault of their own. For just being who they are and this vote sends the wrong message.
Our service members deserve better than this pandering to MAGA and as a citizen and resident of the great state of California, we deserve better.
If your office would like to make a statement for my publication The Trans Advocate please call me back at -----. You can leave a message with the statement if I am not available.
Thank you for your time and please do better next time. The rights and lives of trans people all across the nation are depending on it.
As if kicking all of us (trans people, I retired before I transitioned) out of the military wasn’t enough, now they have to strip us of medical care coverage as well. That rider does affect me as I have Tricare. These disgusting pigs will stop at nothing in order to destroy us - not for having done anything wrong, but for simply existing.
Nancy Mace has shown her colors (figure of speech - they certainly aren't rainbow) yet again with that comment about Jews.
Those colors don't have much black in them either, it seems. Her swastika is somehow off-white on white...
I wish I could say that I'm surprised. I've felt this coming since November of 2024. My endocrinology folks have been saying "Yeah, but none of his executive orders have dealt with adult trans folks." Well now, here we are. My twenty years of service are being characterized as being deceitful and my medical care is going to be denied, all in the name of making America great again. It has gotten to the point that it is irrelevant to break out Democrat votes, as they are deserting us every bit as quickly as the Republicans did.
Fucking cowards.
Hey Erin - your Seventeen Democrats link points to https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119th-congress/1st-session , which lists all things voted on this session
The link goes to https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025262 for me?
NM! I see now, the first link. It's fixed now!
What can I do? My representative voted no so I am pleased with that but will there be a lawsuit to join if this comes into law. Have an adult child receiving care under my retirement Tricare. This is wrong to take away care.
Call the other Dems who voted for these amendments and leave a long message with staff (or vm) about how bad this is for your family and how Dems who don’t represent ALL constituents and stand up to bullies will be voted out. I do it all the time and it doesn’t matter if you live in their state.
I think you should call your rep and thank them for voting no. We have to show the ones staying on our side how much we appreciate them.
It's just so horrific. How can we even get out of this mess? The rational voices get screamed down and social media promotes the garbage. Mainstream media is amplifying transphobia so it's become a big business. How do we even stop this conservative propaganda machine? I am so sad.
The latest bill with anti-trans amendments is repulsive, disgusting, and probably taking advantage of the new right wing martyr Saint Charlie Kirk.
I’m ashamed to be a democrat As far as I’m concerned they should be voted out with the rest of the republicans
We must make them understand what they have done and the repercussions they will face I’m discussed and very disappointed
Call your senators- and press Democrat senators to filibuster!
Those democrats are only playing to their own political future. As far as I am concerned, they don’t have one.
“Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Kim Schrier of Washington.” Huh. Okay.
I just sent an email to Chuck Schumer's official contact form. I am not his constituent, but as minority leader in the party, I feel he has an obligation to listen to all of us, especially if, as in my case, both my senators are Republicans. I urged him to use the filibuster and any other tools available to him as leader to resist these discriminatory amendments. I also added comments about the HHS appropriations bill that Erin in the Morning reported on Sept. 8th. This might be futile, but it was write Schumer or scream. Maybe both are called for.