Today, legislation is being introduced that narrowly defines women. To the intersex, non-binary and trans communities, we see you. We love you and we condemn this erasure of your identities and the use of “women’s rights” to do so. To all women and girls, this faux concern for our rights and safety is not it.
This bill does nothing to expand protections for women or make any material improvement in women’s lives. We remain committed to effective public policy that protects and advances gender equity. In the good life, everyone has the right to belong in our communities, schools and spaces.
Join us in rallying behind all women, girls and those who experience gender-based oppression by rejecting any effort to enshrine sex discrimination into law. Work with us to decidedly put an end to this attempt to co-opt women’s rights to oppress others.
The legislature doesn’t get to define us. We’ll have additional action items to reject this legislation soon. Stay tuned and be ready to oppose LB 89.