GLDSA Supports Gender Affirming Care

Statement on WL city council resolution supporting Gender Affirming Care 

by the GLDSA co-chairs

Delivered at the July 2025 meeting of the West Lafayette City Council

7/25/2025

We are speaking today on behalf of and as co-chair of the greater Lafayette chapter of democratic socialists of America (GLDSA). We urge the council to pass this potentially life-saving resolution to protect the rights of our brothers and sisters seeking gender affirming healthcare. GLDSA urges you to protect folks as they seek their basic human rights. Your vote for this resolution is not only a message of support to trans members of our community; it is also a vote against the pervasive climate of fear that right wing forces are attempting to create in our society. These forces can prevail only when working people are too scared to stand up for themselves and demand better wages, healthcare, education, and all the other things we deserve. As socialists, we believe a better world is possible. Council members, help us make our world a little better and pass resolution 13-2025. Solidarity forever.