We Know We're Powerful Together

Anti-abortion attacks are anti-trans attacks

Together, we’re fighting to secure transgender rights, secure abortion access, and secure justice for all. 

At Equality Federation, we believe that every individual deserves equal rights. When it comes to protecting and guaranteeing those rights, our solidarity is our power. Our country is currently facing a reproductive healthcare crisis, one that has been accelerated by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the constitutional right to abortion. At the same time, we’ve seen a surge in state and federal attacks against transgender communities, including targeted efforts to eliminate access to safe, effective, medically necessary, gender-affirming healthcare for transgender people. Often, this care is offered by the same clinics and providers – because it is essential as part of the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive care our communities need.

Legislative and policy attacks on access to both reproductive health care and gender-affirming care are attacks on the same basic right to self-determination and bodily autonomy.
A map of the united states showing which states have abortion bans, transgender medical care bans, both, or none.
  1. Has Abortion Ban + Transgender Medical Care Ban
  2. Transgender Medical Care Ban Only
  3. Abortion Ban Only
  4. No Current Bans

Sources: nytimes.com, lgbtmap.org


But we won’t let these attacks succeed. We know that now is the most critical moment to lean into our collective power and use it to fight for access to healthcare for transgender people and access to abortion care for everyone who needs it, including LGBTQ+ people.

Our communities have long understood the power we hold when we work together – to protect our freedom to love who we love, be who we are, and make the healthcare decisions that work best for ourselves.