{"id":5722,"date":"2025-02-26T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2025-02-28T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:12:25","slug":"take-action-for-trans-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/take-action-for-trans-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action for Trans people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you want to skip to the form, <a href=\"#aboveForm\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobody on the Right Actually Cares about Women Athletes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration has moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/25\/visa-ban-transgender-athletes\">deny visas to trans athletes<\/a> ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games. The US State Department does not have the right to dictate policy to international sports organisations. But what&#8217;s more, the way the memo is written does not limit the ban to athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the MAGA movement is openly hostile to women. They ended the right to abortion in the US. They are actively working to make it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/02\/26\/a-woman-is-like-a-child-maga-quickly-turns-its-sights-on-stripping-women-of-power\/\">harder for women to vote<\/a>. It defies reason that people who want to entirely shut women out of public life actually see any value in women&#8217;s sports. They don&#8217;t care about women athletes. But they do care about hurting trans people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rule change has serious implications for trans people&#8217;s freedom of movement. It labels trans people&#8217;s documentation as fraudulent, which also has serious implications for any interaction a trans person may have with the federal government. The purported target is foreign athletes, but the victims will overwhelmingly be trans Americans. The Trump administrations is using the Olympics as an excuse and a first step to seriously impacting the ability of trans people to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Olympic Committee has yet to comment on this development. The latest thing on their website is an announcement of a sponsorship deal. This is certainly not what the sponsors signed up for. But Anheiser-Busch InBev, as the world&#8217;s largest brewer, has acquired this problem. They also have influence. I am therefore asking you to write to them. The form below gives suggested text. When you hit the &#8220;send&#8221; button, it will put the message into your email program. I will not collect or have access to your addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Email Form<\/h2>\n\n\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">function nameFunc() {\r\n\tvar name = document.getElementById(\"name\").value;\r\n\tvar body =  document.getElementById(\"body\");\r\n\tvar text = body.value;\r\n\tvar result = text.replace(\/User_Name\/g, name);\r\n\tbody.value = result;\r\n};\r\nfunction countryFunc() {\r\n\tvar county = document.getElementById(\"country\").value;\r\n\tvar body =  document.getElementById(\"body\");\r\n\tvar text = body.value;\r\n\tvar result = text.replace(\/User_Country\/g, country.value);\r\n\tbody.value = result;\r\n\t\r\n\tvar europe=[\"Albania\", \"Andorra\", \"Austria\", \"Belarus\", \"Belgium\",\r\n\t\"Bulgaria\", \"Croatia\", \"Cyprus\", \"Czechia\", \"Denmark\", \"Estonia\",\r\n\t\"Finland\", \"France\", \"Germany\", \"Greece\", \"Hungary\", \"Iceland\",\r\n\t\"Ireland\", \"Italy\", \"Latvia\", \"Liechtenstein\", \"Lithuania\",\r\n\t\"Luxembourg\", \"Malta\", \"Moldova\", \"Monaco\", \"Montenegro\", \"Netherlands\",\r\n\t\"Macedonia\", \"Norway\", \"Poland\", \"Portugal\", \"Romania\", \"San Marino\",\r\n\t\"Serbia\", \"Slovakia\", \"Solvenia\", \"Spain\", \"Sweden\", \"Switzerland\",\r\n\t\"Turkey\", \"Ukraine\", \"UK\", \"United Kingdom\", \"England\", \"Scotland\",\r\n\t\"Wales\", \"Vatican\"];\r\n\t\r\n\tvar nordAm = [\"Canada\", \"Mexico\", \"US\", \"USA\", \"United States\",\r\n\t\"United States of America\", \"Turtle Island\"];\r\n\t\r\n\t\/\/var form = document.getElementById(\"emailForm\");\r\n\t\r\n\tvar dest= document.getElementById(\"dest\");\r\n\t\r\n\tif (europe.includes(country.value)) {\r\n\t\tdest.value = \"mailto:eu_media.relations@ab-inbev.com\";\r\n\t};\r\n\tif ( nordAm.includes(country.value) ) {\r\n\t\tdest.value = \"mailto:media@anheuser-busch.com\";\r\n\t};\t\r\n};\r\n\r\nfunction sendMail() {\r\n\tvar country;\r\n\t\r\n\tcountry = document.getElementById(\"country\");\r\n\tif(country.value == \"User_Country\") {\r\n\t\tcountry.value = \"  \";\r\n\t};\r\n\tconsole.log(country.value);\r\n\t\r\n\tcountryFunc();\r\n    var subject = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById(\"subject\").value);\/\/.replace(\/\\+\/g, \" \");\r\n\tconsole.log(subject);\r\n    var body = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById(\"body\").value);\/\/.replace(\/\\+\/g, \" \");\r\n\tvar dest = document.getElementById(\"dest\").value;\r\n\t\r\n    document.location.href = dest + '?subject=' +subject + '&body=' + body;\r\n\t\r\n\tdiv = document.getElementById(\"FormHolder\").innerHTML = '<h3>Thank You<\/h3>\\n<p><a href=\".#aboveForm\">Send Another Message<\/a><\/p>';\r\n\r\n\tlocation.href = \"#aboveForm\";\r\n};\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n<a name=\"aboveForm\"><\/a>\r\n<div id=\"FormHolder\">\r\n\r\n<form name=\"emailForm\" id=\"emailForm\" method=\"get\" enctype=\"text\/plain\"> \r\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"dest\" name=\"dest\" value=\"mailto:media.relations@ab-inbev.com\">\r\nYour name:<br \/>\r\n\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"name\" name=\"name\" onfocusout=\"nameFunc()\" placeholder=\"Your Name\"> \r\n\t<br \/>Your Country:<br \/>\r\n\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"country\" name=\"country\" onfocusout=\"countryFunc()\" placeholder=\"Your Country\"> \r\n\t<br \/>Subject:<br  \/>\r\n\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"subject\" name=\"subject\" value=\"Don't sponsor Trump's Olympic hate\"><br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<textarea id=\"body\" name = \"body\" oninput=\"this.style.height = ''; this.style.height = this.scrollHeight +'px'\" rows=\"15\" cols=\"30\">\r\nDear Madam or Sir,\r\n\r\nI am writing with regards to your sponsorship of the 2028 Olympic games in light of Trump\u2019s decision to deny visas to trans athletes.\r\n\r\nYou signed up to associate your brands with the Olympic Spirit - to build a more peaceful, better world through mutual friendship and understanding. But Trump\u2019s actions twist that noble goal into its opposite. His version of the Games uses them to promote hate.\r\n\r\nThis is not what you signed up for. I\u2019m therefore writing to ask that you use your influence to try to either change that policy or to move the 2028 Olympics to a venue that will not deny admittance to some of the athletes based on unscientific, ideological lines.\r\n\r\nAnd while this is not what you signed up for, it\u2019s what your brands are now associated with. Should the 2028 games go ahead in the US, with this ban in place, all of its sponsors will be subject to boycott. This Trump plan is turning what should be a proud moment for your brands into a terrible liability.  I hope you decide to take action.\r\n\r\nBest Regards,\r\n\r\nUser_Name\r\nUser_Country\r\n\r\n\t<\/textarea>\r\n\r\n<\/form>\r\n\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" onclick=\"console.log('Click'); sendMail()\">Send<\/button>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The form should open in your email client. If it did not, it did not send. You can still email manually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Europe: eu_media.relations@ab-inbev.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In North America: media@anheuser-busch.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa: mediarelations@sab.co.za<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia Pacific: abimedia@cn.ab-inbev.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South America: accomext@ambev.com.br<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle America: media.relations@ab-inbev.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global headquarters: media.relations@ab-inbev.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: I am not collecting your data. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to skip to the form, click here. Nobody on the Right Actually Cares about Women Athletes The Trump administration has moved to deny visas to trans athletes ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games. The US State Department does not have the right to dictate policy to international sports organisations. But what&#8217;s more, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/take-action-for-trans-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Take Action for Trans people<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"US trans rights - global call to action (you my need to click through to use the form)","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,24,96],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-celesteh","tag-trans","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5722"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5765,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions\/5765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}