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Laverne Cox, Selena Gomez, Brie Larson, Julianne Moore or even Janelle Monae and Gabrielle Union.

All of these women came together for Trans Visibility Day, which took place on the last day of Women's Rights Month, alongside several hundred other activists and feminists, to sign an open letter in support of the trans and non-binary community, relayed by the

LA Times

.

“Transgender women and girls have been an integral part of the struggle for gender liberation.

We stand up for this truth and denounce the rhetoric and anti transgender efforts we are witnessing in various industries.

We recognize with clarity and force that transgender women are women and that transgender girls are girls ”, we read in the letter, supported by the GLAAD association, which campaigns for the representation of the LGBTQ + community in media.

The signatories add: “We believe that honoring the diversity of women's experiences is a strength, not a detriment to the feminist cause.

We all deserve the same access, the same freedoms and the same opportunities.

We deserve equal access to education, employment, health care, housing, recreation and public amenities.

And we must respect each person's right to bodily autonomy and self-determination.

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For the future

This statement comes, says the

LA Times

, as Arkansas became the first US state to ban access to health care that matches their gender (one of the toughest laws in the country, according to the press) , and while South Dakota has just banned trans athletes from being able to be integrated into teams that correspond to their gender.

“True feminists do not wish to limit a woman's identity or her freedom to be fully herself.

The fact of giving free rein to transphobic rhetoric also strengthens the legislative efforts of anti-trans politicians, who now hide their assumptions under a language of protection or support for women, ”protest the 465 women who signed the letter. , refusing to become complicit in this kind of speech.

“Our feminism must be unfailingly expansive in order to leave the door open to future generations,” the text concludes.

The open letter is available on the GLAAD website.

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