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Selena Gomez and Halle Berry are amongst the stars who have signed an open letter to support transgender women and girls. The stars are a part of a group of more than 440 people who have inked their signatures on the open letter organised by GLAAD and activist Raquel Willis in honour of both Women’s History Month in March and Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Selena and Halle are joined by the likes of Bella Hadid, Amy Schumer, Anna Wintour, Cara Delevingne, Gloria Steinem, Regina King, Gabrielle Union, Janelle Monae, Cynthia Erivo, Megan Rapinoe and many others in signing the letter.
“It is time for the long history of assaults (legislative, physical, social, and verbal) against trans women and girls to end. For far too long, lawmakers have worked to strip trans women of their civil liberties — in 2021, once again, we’ve seen a wave of bigoted governmental policies and legislation. Many of these laws target the rights of girls to play school sports or criminalise doctors for treating trans youth and their families,” reads the letter.
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"These bigoted efforts are also aided by a contingent of self-identified feminists, who have been promoting damaging and violent ideas about trans people for years in the United States and internationally. Their vitriol is, in fact, not feminist at all. True feminists do not wish to limit any woman’s identity or freedom to fully be herself. Allowing transphobic rhetoric to go unchecked also strengthens the legislative efforts of anti-trans politicians — who now cloak their bigotry in language about protecting or supporting women."
Extra Source: Billboard
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