We Need More Allies Like Her

A couple of days ago I wrote about the anti-trans bills introduced around the country, well a lesbian has made a video on Tik Tok slamming Utah and it has gone viral.

Tik Tok video about Utah's bill barring transgender athletes in schools goes viral
KUTV
By Kelly Vaughen
February 14th 2021


SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A Tik Tok video about a bill moving through the Utah legislature is going viral. The creator of the video, Jen Hollins, said she has a degree in public policy and is involved in political Tik Tok.

Hollins has created videos about the election, social justice, but her recent video about Utah’s bill regarding transgender athletes has gotten a lot of attention.

She said she woke up to find hundreds of thousands of people who have seen and shared her video.

“Holy crap, what did I just do. And holy crap, maybe someone will listen,” she said.
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In the video, Hollins discussed the bill and said it brings negative attention to Utah that could cause the state to lose revenue. She said that celebrity attention or a #BoycottUtah trending hashtag could have power.

“Because corporations really don’t want to be associated with transphobia,” she said in the video.

We need more allies!

We need allies because when allies speak people listen, we have an agenda while they speak from the heart.

If you look around the country you will find that our wins were helped by allies, they stood shoulder to shoulder with us and they made a difference for us.

When I get asked “What can we do to help?” I say speak up. The former director of True Colors had a saying… When you hear mean, intervene.