I finally sent a letter to my congresswoman regarding the Equality Act. The Human Rights Campaign has been urging me to do so for several weeks. Why didn't I do it sooner? The HRC has a nice app. They provide you with a nice letter, allow you to customize it and fill-in-the-blank to get the other needed info. This one, that covers transgender rights requires an honorific (Dr., Mr., Ms., Miss). Why? What value does that add? I sent them a letter about it weeks ago after searching their site for a contact address. Legally I'm still "Mr." and I don't want to chance my letter being thrown away because it doesn't match a constituent. Yes, I know I could have written a letter on my own, without the app. That's not the point.
I know the HRC has a history of not being our best advocate, but this is atrocious! I'm really broken up about this, but I had to show support for this bill.
Regardless of that, I urge you all to, at least, write your congressperson. Civil rights can't be left to the states.
