Despite a resurgence of hatred toward our community—awakened by Donald Trump and inflamed by his new chief strategist, Steve Bannon—you and I still have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving:
- You and I can be thankful for the thousands of LGBT friends and neighbors who married this year, celebrating their first Thanksgiving together as married couples.
- We can remain hopeful knowing that a majority of Americans support us in our struggle for equality.
- And we can be grateful for the rock-solid foundation of law Lambda Legal has built and fortified to withstand the assault of the far right!
I am also personally grateful to you—and to tens of thousands of Lambda Legal members and supporters like you. We need you now more than ever! Remember: We are your lawyers, we’re here to protect you, and we’re here to stay!
The community is counting on you, too. There are members of our community sitting down at Thanksgiving dinner filled with fear about the future who need your help: Young people who don’t feel safe at school. Workers who could be fired because they’re gay. People with HIV who worry about losing their health care. Undocumented LGBT immigrants who came to America to escape oppression … and who face deportation back to intolerant homelands.
Lambda Legal will not stop fighting for you. For kids being bullied at school. For workers who fear for their jobs. For widows and widowers denied survivors’ benefits. For access to HIV prevention and health care.
Don’t forget: Lambda Legal came into being when we had no rights. And look at the extraordinary progress we have made! Our unparalleled legal talent knows how to get the job done—and we are absolutely relentless in the pursuit of justice.
So please be thankful for all the progress we have made together… and for the team at Lambda Legal who will continue to protect you and your rights with the help of your continued support. Together we’ll get through this—and we’ll have more to be thankful for next Thanksgiving.
