Thursday, June 18 - Oppose HUD's Anti-Trans Housing Rule Change / Pride in Practice Trainings / Good Trouble Lives On Training 6/25
Community Action: Oppose HUD's Anti-Trans Housing Rule Change
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Equal Access Rule ensures that everyone can access federally funded housing and homeless services without discrimination. Since 2016, it has required HUD-funded shelters to house people according to their gender identity, a policy that has been vital to the safety of transgender and gender-expansive communities.
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the Equal Access Rule and forcing HUD-funded providers to discriminate and deny access to services based on “biological sex.” By requiring dehumanizing documentation checks to “establish a person’s sex”, this proposal would intensify disparities, reduce trust in housing providers, and increase unsheltered homelessness, all of which places additional burdens on local communities and their budgets.
👉 Congress should demand that HUD preserve the Equal Access Rule and repeal this harmful proposal.
Call Senator Durbin in DC 202-224-2152, email him, or use a local office number
618-351-1122 - Carbondale, IL
312-353-4952 - Chicago, IL
309-786-5173 - Rock Island, IL
217-492-4062 - Springfield, IL
Call Senator Duckworth in DC 202-224-2854, email her, or use a local office number:
618-722-7070 - Belleville, IL
618-677-7000 - Carbondale, IL
312-886-3506 - Chicago, IL
309-606-7060 - Rock Island, IL
217-528-6124 - Springfield, IL
Script: Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from Chicago.
I'm calling [NAME] to urge the Department of Housing and Urban Development to repeal its harmful proposal to repeal the Equal Access Rule. Without the protections provided by the rule, shelters will be forced to discriminate against trans- and gender-expansive people.
Action via 5calls.org
Community Action: Pride in Practice Training Series 6/24-26 & 29
Trans Up Front and PHIMC are proud to partner throughout the month of June to provide education and cultural competency training for medical and mental health providers, as well as community members. Together, we are committed to creating more affirming, informed, and inclusive spaces for transgender and gender-diverse individuals.
During Pride Month, we are offering free virtual trainings designed to increase understanding, strengthen provider competency, and support equitable, compassionate care and community engagement. These sessions are open to medical and mental health professionals and community members who are interested in learning how to better support transgender communities through education, advocacy, and culturally responsive practices.
👉 Join the trainings on June 25, 25, and 29.
Action via Trans Up Front IL
Community Action: Good Trouble Lives On Attorney Training 6/25
We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. The same spirit that fueled Selma, Montgomery, and the March on Washington lives on in our unified action.
Six years after the passing of Congressman Lewis, we continue the fight for voting rights with “Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action (GTLO)" from July 17-19.
Action via Good Trouble Lives On
While some of these Daily Actions come from our own work as Indivisible Chicago Alliance, others are from our many partners working to advance the progressive agenda. We invite you to join us in supporting their work. Postings from community partners do not imply Indivisible Chicago Alliance endorsement of specific policies and positions.
📬 Want Daily Actions in your inbox Monday-Friday? Sign up here.
👀 See additional events and resources from Indivisible Chicago