I live in Alexandria, VA and I strongly oppose Petition 432.

There are real public health issues facing women and girls in Virginia, like domestic violence, maternal health, and poverty, and I don't see any urgent public action on those ACTUAL threats to women.

Instead, I see people using the rhetoric around women's safety as a cudgel to enact harmful, discriminatory policies against a vulnerable minority. Don’t let this hateful petition distract from your important mission to protect the health and promote the well-being of ALL people in Virginia.

There is a nationwide effort by some politicians and interest groups to force transgender people and LGBTQ+ people out of public life. These political attacks harm us all, whether we’re gay or straight, transgender or not, because they foster discrimination and distract us from the real problems we face. Virginia must not take part in this thinly veiled attempt to erase trans people, 

I have trans friends, and all they want is to exist in peace and safety. No one should face discrimination because of who they are. Trans people have always been here, and always will be. Trans people cannot and will not be erased.