Pride in Action

Pride has always been about more than celebration. It is also about resistance, solidarity, survival, and public witness in the face of political hostility and erasure.

This Pride Month, UUSC, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and Trans Religious professional UUs Together (TRUUsT) invite you to put faith into action through a national public comment campaign. Together, we are submitting unique public comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development opposing a proposed rule that would strip safety protections from federally funded shelters for transgender, nonbinary, two-spirit, and intersex people.

What HUD Is Proposing

On April 28, 2026, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a revision to its Equal Access Rule that would roll back protections meant to ensure the safety of any trans person seeking HUD-funded support.

Key proposed changes include:

• Removal of protections against housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
• Allowing providers to demand “evidence to confirm the sex of an individual seeking service”
• Redefinition of “sex” to enable discrimination against trans, gender expansive and intersex people
• Attempts to override state, local and tribal protections
• Imposition of requirements that make it difficult for providers to do their jobs and serve the people they are committed to supporting

In the words of our partners who are helping guide the vision for this campaign Advocates for Trans Equality:

Instead of allowing providers to care for those in need, the new rule would force providers to turn away members of the trans community who do not follow narrow definitions of gender. Under the Trump administration’s proposal, members of the trans community who are experiencing homelessness would have to risk their lives in shelters that are not safe for them, on streets that do not welcome them, or with people who might further isolate them from reaching out for support.

Why This Campaign Matters

Through years of solidarity work with trans-led networks, including the Pink Haven Coalition, we have seen firsthand how federal housing policies influence the safety and survival of trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, and gender expansive people. When HUD proposed this rule, we knew the communities we work alongside would be directly harmed.

Furthermore, in 2024, the UUA General Assembly passed a resolution affirming that “being transgender or identifying with any gender other than the one assigned at birth, is a beautiful and divine manifestation of humanity; as is being intersex, or having sex characteristics that vary from what is considered typical.”

Our covenant binds us to affirm and protect our transgender and intersex members and kindred, in faith and in practice. We know that everyone has equal worth and dignity. The proposed HUD rule directly betrays those values.

Are You Part of a UU Congregation?

You can multiply your impact by hosting a Coffee and Comments event during your Sunday coffee hour. Our organizing guide walks you through setting a campaign goal, recruiting Comment Champions, running a tech table, tracking progress on a goal thermometer, and reporting back.

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Learn More

Explore our collective’s ongoing work in solidarity with transgender, nonbinary, two spirit, and gender expansive people:

• Pink Haven Coalition: Working for Trans Liberation, Part 1 (UUSC)
• Mutual Aid Against Hate: Pink Haven Coalition (UUSC)
• Embracing Transgender, Nonbinary, Intersex and Gender Diverse People is a Fundamental Expression of UU Religious Values (UUA)
• Pink Haven Coalition Helps Transgender People Relocate (UU World)
• TRUUsT

Already Submitted a Comment? Activate your Networks!

Don’t be afraid to activate your community for this important cause! The deadline is April 24, and we need as many unique, personalized comments as possible to delay this cruel rule and build the legal case against it.

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