Support Abdul El-Sayed's Principled Stand for Transgender Rights

Vote for Abdul El-Sayed, and take note of what his campaign is proving: you do not have to throw a minority community under the bus to win in a swing state. El-Sayed is leading Mike Rogers 53 to 42 percent in the New York Times/Siena poll, and he got there by refusing to capitulate to anti-transgender attack ads from both parties. When Fox News pressed him on gender-affirming care, he said plainly, "the government shouldn't tell you what kind of health care you should have." When a student asked the same question, he said, "I don't think the government gets to have a say about what health care is provided in what circumstances and why." No hedging. No sacrificing one group to protect another. That principle matters beyond any single community. A politician who abandons transgender people when the pressure gets heavy will abandon the next group just as fast. El-Sayed put it well himself: "a failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own." That is the standard I expect from every elected official. Stand for all of us, or do not expect any of us to stand for you.