Oppose KOSA - It Will Censor LGBTQ+ Content and Resources

I am writing to urge you to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which you have co-sponsored twice, most recently in 2025. Despite its name, this legislation functions as a censorship bill that will be weaponized against LGBTQ+ communities, particularly trans youth seeking healthcare information. KOSA establishes a duty of care that would empower the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission to censor online content deemed capable of making children anxious or depressed. This vague standard creates a direct pathway to remove LGBTQ+ health resources and abortion information from the internet. This is not speculation. Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn has openly stated the law would remove trans content online, and the Heritage Foundation explicitly stated its goal is keeping trans content away from kids. The Trump-controlled FTC has already held a workshop on using agency authority to target trans healthcare providers, following Project 2025's blueprint to label queer and trans content as pornographic. Your support for KOSA contradicts your own legislative record. You co-sponsored the Safe Sex Worker Study Act to study harm from SESTA/FOSTA, an anti-trafficking law that led to widespread censorship of LGBTQ+ resources. KOSA raises identical concerns but on a larger scale. Your progressive allies including Senator Edward Markey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Representative Maxwell Frost have opposed this bill for these exact reasons. In September 2025, Fight For The Future and a coalition of local LGBTQ+ organizations delivered petitions opposing KOSA to your office and requested a meeting. That request was ignored. Your constituents deserve to be heard on legislation that directly threatens their access to life-saving information. Better alternatives exist to address Big Tech harms, including privacy legislation, antitrust enforcement, and algorithmic justice reforms that do not sacrifice vulnerable communities. I urge you to withdraw your co-sponsorship of KOSA and oppose this bill.