- United States
- Tenn.
- Letter
I am a transgender constituent of the state of Tennessee and I am asking you to vote NO when SB0936 comes up for a vote. This bill seeks to deny the reality-supported by scientific literature-that there are more than two sexes. The very existence of intersex people contradicts SB0936.
This bill will hurt your constituents, both transgender and not-transgender, via the ripple effect it has on procedures and processes throughout the state. It will also undoubtedly be met with legal challenges which result in our taxpayer dollars being wasted fighting for a culture war bill.
The bill also accomplishes nothing but making it impossible for documents/IDs to align with peoples gender identities. This bill will not stop anyone from being transgender or intersex.
I ask you to have compassion for all of your constituents-even the ones whose identities you may not agree with-and vote no for SB0936.