UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 AT 10AM ET/7AM PT Contact: Mathew Lasky Director of Communications, GLAAD
[email protected] OVER 190 FEMINIST LEADERS SIGN OPEN LETTER STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND GIRLS IN HONOR OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AND TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY SIGNATORIES INCLUDE: GLORIA STEINEM, REGINA KING, SELENA GOMEZ, CHELSEA CLINTON, HALLE BERRY, GABRIELLE UNION, BELLA HADID, JANELLE MONÁE, PATRICIA ARQUETTE, LAVERNE COX, CYNTHIA ERIVO, SEN. SARAH MCBRIDE, ALICIA GARZA, LENA WAITHE, ALYSSA MILANO, LILLY SINGH, ILANA GLAZER, AMERICA FERRERA, MISS MAJOR, GEENA ROCERO, PEPPERMINT, TEGAN & SARA, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, LENA DUNHAM, TATIANA MASLANY, SARAH KATE ELLIS, TIME’S UP, ME TOO MOVEMENT, WOMEN’S MARCH, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, THREE PERCENT MOVEMENT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS, AND MANY OTHERS The letter, organized by GLAAD & Raquel Willis, comes in response to the hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and attacks facing trans people, especially trans women, and represents a clear and loud statement of solidarity between cisgender women, trans women, and feminist allies The letter reads, in part: “We all must fight against the unnecessary and unethical barriers placed on trans women and girls by lawmakers and those who co-opt the feminist label in the name of division and hatred. Our feminism must be unapologetically expansive so that we can leave the door open for future generations” New York, NY - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today released an open letter signed by over 190 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics, and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls in honor of Women’s History Month and Transgender Day of Visibility, which takes place today.