1. United States
2. Del.
3. Letter

I’m writing to voice my strong opposition to H.R. 2616, the so-called ‘Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act’, a bill that would strip schools of federal funds for even acknowledging the existence of transgender people. H.R. 2616 would ban schools across the country from teaching about gender identity, having books with transgender characters, or using the correct names and pronouns for transgender students. This is egregious government overreach. Educators are professionally trained to deliver messages about complex topics—including math, history, science, and culture—in age-appropriate ways. Politicians don’t know better than educators do about how to teach kids. Trans students deserve to feel safe and welcome in school. Policies like these that denigrate them just make their lives immeasurably harder. I strongly urge you to vote no on H.R. 2616. Thank you for your consideration. I’ll be following this vote closely.