PFLAG National—along with transgender young adults, families with transgender youth, and GLMA—is serving as the plaintiff in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump administration attempting to shut down nationwide access to necessary medical care for transgender people under 19.
We’re fighting President Trump and his backers’ vicious attacks on transgender people and families because that’s our job: to clear the obstacles that get in the way of creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
Whether you or a loved one is transgender, or you are just a decent person who believes that discrimination and coercion are wrong in every setting, you can help PFLAG win against these vicious attacks.
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Love Votes
Take Action
From taking the PFLAG Voter pledge to volunteering at the polls to getting out the vote, protecting the freedom to thrive, to learn, and to be ourselves takes action. Here are a variety of ways you can take action with PFLAG as we keep leading with love all the way to the polls in November.
Use our social media tool kit below to share why your love votes. Educate your network on how it’s critical for the LGBTQ+ community and those who love them to vote in this election.
This November, my love votes for a future where LGBTQ+ kids can be their fabulous selves and grow into thriving adults. 🌈🗳️
Join me in taking the pledge today at pflag.org/LoveVotes.
This November, my love votes for the freedom to thrive for everyone, no matter their race, gender, or financial situation. This election, let’s vote for equality and justice for all. 🏳️🌈❤️ Learn more at pflag.org/LoveVotes
This election, my love votes for kids like mine and for every LGBTQ+ person to belong and be welcome, everywhere. Take the pledge, check your voter registration, and join us at pflag.org/LoveVotes. 💖🗳️
Suggested hashtags:
#LoveVotes
#PFLAG
#PFLAGVotes
#PFLAGProud
#LeadingWithLove
Videos
The best and easiest way to inspire the people in your network with your story is a short video, 60 seconds or less, spoken right into camera. You’ll want to write out and practice your message until you feel comfortable with it. To get started, personalize one of the sample scripts below or create your own with help from the talking points.
Record in a safe and quiet place, especially if you plan to move around while talking.
Check that the lighting is bright enough to see your face.
Make sure other people in your location know you’re about to record so they don’t accidentally interrupt.
Wipe off your phone camera’s lens to make sure the picture is clear and not smudged.
Hold or place the camera vertically, at least an arm’s length away.
Accessibility
Add Closed Captions
If you post a video to Instagram, add closed captions by clicking the edit video button and then the CC button for Captions.
If you post a video to TikTok, tap on the Captions menu option on the right-side menu.
When posting a photo, be sure to include alt-text for the photo.
On Facebook: Tap the … icon in the top right corner of the photo and then tap on “Edit alt-text” to add a description of your photo.
On Instagram: On the New post screen, scroll down to Advanced Settings and then tap on Write Alt Text
Alternative: you can include an image description in the text of your post by including [image description: describe your photo here.] at the end of the post text, changing ‘describe your photo here’ with what is in your photo.
Don’t have time to create a video? Share these videos from our Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok!
Gender-affirming care is healthcare. Yet politicians have put themselves between parents, patients and doctors for their own gain—and the result is doctors are leaving. When more than 83 million people in the U.S. don’t have access to a primary care physician, these laws make a bad situation worse.
That’s why this election, my love votes for keeping doctors and nurses in my community so everyone, transgender or not, has access to medically necessary care.
Make sure your love votes, too. Visit PFLAG.org/LoveVotes [P-flag dot org, slash Love Votes] to check your registration and make your voting plan today!
Talking Points
What you want the audience to know: your values
Every person, transgender or not, does better when we get the health care we need, when we need it.
Ensuring access to gender affirming care helps a transgender child continue to live their authentic and full life.
As a parent, I strive to empower my kids to think critically and make informed decisions. I want them to have a great education that’s inclusive and accurate.
That’s why this election, my love votes for the freedom to learn. Make sure your love votes, too. Visit PFLAG.org/LoveVotes [P-flag dot org, slash Love Votes] to check your registration and make your voting plan today!
Talking Points
What you want the audience to know: your values
Every student, across races, places and genders, deserves the freedom to learn.
School should be a safe place where kids can explore their identity, from the activities they choose to the clothes they wear to their name.
As a parent, I support policies that lead to honest, accurate, and inclusive education to give every child the freedom to learn.
No matter who we are, what we look like, or who we love, we know our communities are stronger when we are free to be our authentic selves. From now through Election Day on November 5th, I’m taking action with PFLAG to make sure my love votes—and I hope you join me!
There’s an organized effort to divide our families and communities by spreading false information about our LGBTQ+ loved ones, putting them in boxes—as if there’s only one “right” way to be, and everyone else is “wrong.”
But we see through their nonsense, and we know that we are stronger when we all have the freedom to be ourselves. My love for my LGBTQ+ family drives me to ensure we ALL have that freedom—and this election, my love votes!
Make sure your love votes, too. Visit PFLAG.org/LoveVotes [P-flag dot org, slash Love Votes] to check your registration and make your voting plan today!
Talking Points
What you want the audience to know: your values
Whether you are Black, brown or white, Native or newcomer, transgender or not, we all want the freedom to be ourselves.
It’s important to me that everyone—no matter their race, gender, where they’re from or who they love—feels welcome in my home, my workplace, and in my community.
This election, it’s guaranteed that someone you love is affected by what’s on the ballot. How your love votes could make the difference. Check your voter registration, find your polling place, and see what's on your ballot.
Whether you're looking for state-specific voting guidelines, important deadlines, protecting your right to vote, or tips for voting while trans or nonbinary, these resources are designed to help you every step of the way.
