Vote No on IL-0026-001
This November, Washington voters will be asked to gut protections that keep Trans and marginalized kids safe in our public schools. IL-0026-001, backed by hedge fund millionaire Brian Heywood and Let’s Go Washington, would strip anti-harassment protections for Trans students, eliminate student privacy safeguards, and restore provisions that could force the outing of LGBTQ+ kids to their parents without any consideration of whether that’s safe. Some kids don’t have safe homes to be outed into. This initiative puts them at real risk. I oppose it completely.

Vote No on IL-0026-638
IL-0026-638 would ban Trans girls from participating in girls’ sports in our public schools, and require invasive “medical sex verification” examinations for all girls aged 11 and older who want to play. Let that sink in. Every girl who wants to play sports, subjected to a medical exam to prove she’s female enough. This is government overreach dressed up as protecting kids. It protects no one. It harms everyone. I oppose it completely.

Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Washington law protects access to gender-affirming care, and that protection matters. For Trans people in rural communities like LD 2, accessing affirming healthcare is already harder than it should be. Fewer providers, longer drives, less visibility. Federal attacks on gender-affirming care make that worse. I’ll fight to hold the line on state protections and push to expand access to LGBTQ+-affirming providers in rural communities, so no one in LD 2 has to choose between getting care and being safe.

End Discrimination in the Workplace and Housing
Washington’s Law Against Discrimination protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in employment and housing, but protections on paper only matter if they’re enforced and defended. I’ll oppose any attempt to weaken those protections and fight to make sure LGBTQ+ Washingtonians in LD 2 can work and live without fear of being fired or pushed out of their home for who they are.

Support LGBTQ+ Youth
LGBTQ+ young people in rural communities face some of the highest rates of depression, anxiety, and isolation in the country. They need to see themselves represented, supported, and safe, in their schools, in their communities, and in their government. I’ll fight for school policies that protect LGBTQ+ students, mental health resources that actually reach rural youth, and a state that refuses to use kids as a political weapon.

Stand Against Federal Overreach
The federal government has made it clear it wants to roll back LGBTQ+ rights wherever it can. Washington has been a firewall, and I intend to keep it that way. I’ll vote against any state measure that collaborates with federal anti-LGBTQ+ efforts, and I’ll stand with every community member who needs their state representative to have their back.