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	"author_name": "Madison Area DSA",
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	"title": "Queer Liberation March Petition",
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	"description": "As the global far right ramps up its attacks on queer and trans people, and the liberal institutions that purport to protect us are throwing up their hands, it’s clear that we need a unified, fighting working-class movement for queer liberation. Here in Wisconsin, at least 4% of people identify as LGBTQ+, and we deserve to be protected by our government, not live in fear of it. This year, the Wisconsin Legislature has proposed several bills that target the queer community, with an extreme emphasis on trans people. These bills will prevent trans students from participating in team sports, from using their desired name and pronouns in school. They will make it immensely more difficult for young trans people to access gender-affirming care. Beyond the current legislation, queer people face systemic oppression every day. Cuts to healthcare and limitations on inclusive sex education impact the queer community; those assigned female at birth are at a higher risk of unintended pregnancy and need for abortion, due in large part to the reliance on heternormative sexual education and dangerous assumptions by medical providers about their patients’ sexual histories. Our housing and security is also under threat. The queer community experiences higher rates of poverty, homelessness, and police brutality than cishet people. And just like the attacks on trans and queer people, the ruling class is using attacks on immigrants to divide and discipline the working class. ICE has been terrorising immigrant communities throughout the country, and the Trump Administration has cracked down brutally on communities that have protested in solidarity with their neighbors. All of these experiences are connected. They exist, by design, under capitalism, which will always put profit over the needs of the many. The more we struggle with housing, with healthcare, with education, the more they think they can divide the working class, by trapping us in our individual struggles. But we are not divided – we are a community. We see through them. We see through capitalism. As workers, as queer and trans people, and as allies, we stand together to fight for queer liberation and bodily freedom, and an end to the capitalist system that oppresses, exploits, and divides us. With all this in mind, we are demanding the following from Madison Common Council, state legislators, and Governor Tony Evers: Education For All! Protect trans youth and provide inclusive sex-ed so everyone can have a quality education. Healthcare for All! Protect access to gender-affirming care and abortion and provide Medicare For All. Housing for All! Side with tenants, stop raising rent, and support Universal Public Housing. Stand with Immigrants! Ratify Madison as a sanctuary city and oppose ICE deportation efforts. No Pride in Genocide! Divest from Israel, support BDS boycotts, and deliver aid to Gaza If you support these demands, sign this petition to support a Madison Queer Liberation Platform. Help us build this platform by attending our follow-up meeting on July 12.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/queer-liberation-march-petition"
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