Wake Up, Biden, & Publish the ERA

Now for one last ditch effort before the toilet demon (nickname by Lindy West) returns to the White House and begins his dictatorship.

Window display at In Other Words — feminist community & bookstore in Portland, Oregon — circa 2015

Below is a link to a petition to President Biden to publish the ERA, the Equal Rights Amendment, as the 28th Amendment. I recommend also writing to Biden or calling the White House.

The ERA has been ratified, but the federal government hasn’t honored it. In the 1970s & misogynist made up a bogus deadline, so politicians pretend it wasn’t ratified on time. The ERA would help not only cis women but also LGBTQIA+ folks.

https://www.bidenpublishtheera.org/

To write to Biden and Harris:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

To call the White House:

Comments: 202–456–1111

Switchboard: 202–456–1414

Text President Biden:

(302)404–0880

You can say or write something like this:

Publish the Equal Rights Amendment now! Women, girls & LGBTQIA+ people can’t wait any longer.

The ERA, written by suffragist leader Alice Paul in 1923, was recently ratified. The 1970s-era deadline is bogus — just an excuse to not pass it. Amendments don’t require a deadline for…