SUCCESS STORIES
RESULTS DRIVEN.
Trans Safe is quickly becoming the leader in protecting transgender people. During the 2024 session, we defeated multiple bad bills in the Kentucky legislature and drew support from Democrats and Republicans - a significant accomplishment given the dangerous rhetoric invading the political discourse. We continue to engage in the political process to protect trans people and keep bad bills out of state legislatures across the country. Our first efforts have proved we can have success even with those who are not immediately considered allies.
Our ads have also been the focus of national attention. Rolling Stone singled out Trans Safe and our mission for their audience as we moved to block bad bills in our home state. "No one should have to prove their humanity to anyone — but we live in dark times, where politicians peddle hate to distract people from issues that actually affect their lives. After years of attacks from right-wing politicians, the team behind the Trans Safe Action Fund is working to persuade moderate Republicans to oppose anti-trans legislative efforts — starting in Kentucky," Rolling Stone wrote.
From the Rolling Stone article:
"The Trans Safe Action Fund’s central goal is to block overtly dehumanizing legislation. Top of mind for [Trans Safe Director Jane] VanMeter is the unsuccessful bill last year in neighboring West Virginia that would have criminalized having obscene material anywhere near schools — and included “transgender exposure” in its definition of obscene material.
“It isn’t that I have obscene material — I am obscene material. So they have othered me in that legislation,” she says. “That’s why it’s the most dangerous, is it makes us non-human. The other ones are bad. But this one makes us non-human, and really makes us unable to move. And really one of the biggest worries is not being able to live a life, you know?”