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What You Need to Know About the Colorado Ballot:

Colorado LGBTQ+ and ally Jews, we invite you to take action! Vote NO on the two anti-trans measures on your Colorado ballot this election:

135: Proposed Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
134: Proposed Ban on Trans Youth and Athletes’ Participation in Sports

Keshet invites you to mobilize your Jewish communities to be involved in the effort to defeat ballot initiatives: 135 & 134. As LGBTQ+ Jews and allies, we are working towards a world where trans and LGBTQ+ youth and adults are treated with the dignity, safety, and humanity we all deserve. This means defeating harmful policy proposals that make us all unsafe. Learn how to take action below.

How Does a “NO” Vote Reflect Jewish Values?

One of the most important Jewish teachings is Pikuach Nefesh—the idea that our highest
priority, as Jews, is to save a life. Access to gender-affirming medical care can be life-
saving for transgender people. Bans and restrictions on health care for trans people fundamentally go against Jewish teaching to protect and affirm the lives of others. As Jews, we know the danger of silence when minorities are targeted. The LGBTQ+ community deserves the same access to safety and opportunities as everyone else, as we are all created B’tzelem Elohim, in the divine image. LGBTQ+ individuals should never be discriminated against, whether in healthcare, housing, education, or on the sports field.

It is our obligation to make our pro-equality position known loudly in the public square: Jews support transgender rights.

Take Action and Join Us!

Keshet needs you as our partner to get out the vote

• Join Keshet’s textbanking to Colorado voters on September 29, at 6:30pm ET / 4:30pm MT
  • Invite your friends and family.
  • Bring in your Jewish community as a co-sponsor of the event—email [email protected] to receive promotional materials

Other Actions You Can Take this Election Season

Attend other Keshet Tzedek Tzedek Tir’VOTE events:

• October 21: LGBTQ+ Rights And Election Season – Part 2: Our Rights are Intersectional
• Every week from 9/8 to Election Day 11/3: Textbank Tuesdays
• November 10: We Voted, Now What? Election Debrief

Explore our Tzedek Tzedek Tir’VOTE! webpage for the full slate of campaign events and resources.

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