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Brooklyn, you may not be following local politics, bc who can deal with human sausage right now :p But the Democratic Party is preventing trans, non binary, gender fluid people from holding political office - and we need your help. Thread. #IncludeAllGenders @RepYourBlock
County Committee (which I'm on) & State Cmte are where decisions of the Brooklyn Democratic Party get made. Judicial seats, control of the Board of Elections, noms for State Legislators in special elections -- major shit happens. State law assigns the Cmte seats as male & female.
Last week, the Brooklyn Board of Elections (among other scurrilous moves) denied 6 people the right to run for County Committee because their genders don't tick that binary box. The candidates took their case to court on Thursday and we're waiting to hear. Please help now! By:
Reading this statement and calling your elected representatives to make sure they've signed on in support: https://tinyurl.com/TGNCNBCC
Identify your reps here: http://mygovnyc.org
Donating to the legal fund because lawsuits are hell, people: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gncdiscrimlawsuit
And reading more in this article: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-nonbinary-brooklyn-county-committee-candidates-nonbinary-lawsuit-20200406-dhnbopytdvc4nk5yqwb6ry6vbi-story.html
We're Democrats, this should be a no-brainer, let's get this done! Thank you!
