Today marks the start of Trans Awareness Week, a time to honor trans lives and recommit to building a world where everyone has the right to control their body, their identity, and their future.
At Pro-Choice Washington, we know that reproductive freedom and trans liberation are inextricably linked.
Each of these fights come down to the same principle: every person deserves the freedom to make their own choices about their body and their health care.
Right now, those freedoms are under threat in our state of Washington. Paid signature gatherers are asking voters to sign two harmful initiatives.
One will repeal The Safety Act and roll back a key student privacy law. The second is a trans youth sports ban that would force all girls who want to play on a team to undergo invasive physical and medical examinations.
Here’s why we’re concerned: These initiatives threaten the safety, privacy, and dignity of not only trans and LGBTQ+ school-aged kids, but all Washington students.
To fight back against these harmful measures, you can pledge to decline to sign with our coalition partners at Washington Families for Freedom.
This month our take five actions help trans-led organizations and movement building across the country. We hope you join us.
1. Learn About Trans Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance is a time for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate, uplift and honor our trans community.
Learn more about Trans Awareness Week and how you can support from the Human Rights Campaign.
2. Decline to Sign Harmful Anti-Student & Anti-Trans Initiatives
Pro-Choice Washington is calling on all of our members to decline to sign IL26-638 and IL26-001 today. Sign our pledge to say NO THANKS when paid signature gatherers ask you to sign these harmful initiatives!
3. Register for Lobby Day
Join us for Pro-Choice Washington’s 2026 Lobby Day on Friday, January 30.
Heading into the second year of the second Trump administration, it’s more important now than ever to continue to safeguard bodily autonomy in Washington State.
4. Support Trans Led Orgs
Follow and support the organizations leading this work and to stay engaged in the fight for trans liberation.
