1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Oppose the FCC's proposal to attach content warning labels to TV programming featuring transgender characters or topics. My existence isn't obscene. My life isn't indecent. Respecting my existence isn't profane. Treating transgender identity as equivalent to violence or sexual content is discriminatory, plain and simple, and I expect you to say so loudly. The FCC doesn't even have the legal authority to do this. The 1996 Telecommunications Act only gave the FCC conditional power over ratings if broadcasters hadn't established a voluntary system — and they have. A 2024 TV Oversight Management Board survey found 96% of parents are satisfied with the current system. The poll the FCC is leaning on came from an evangelical lobbying group. That's not parental concern — that's a political agenda using government power to push transgender people out of public life. Sixty-seven Congressional Democrats, including Rep. Mark Takano and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, have already called this what it is: an unlawful attempt to censor content the Administration dislikes. I need you standing with them. Co-sign that letter, speak out against this proposal, and make clear that singling out a minority group for erasure from television is not a ratings issue — it's a civil rights issue.