Contact Your City Council About LGBTQ Protections!
No matter where you live in North Carolina, you can make your voice heard by contacting your City Council members and Mayor about the urgent need for LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. Here’s how:
If you live in one of these cities or towns (Black Mountain, Boone, Cary, Davidson, Davidson County, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Greenville, Hendersonville, High Point, Huntersville, Matthews, Mecklenburg County, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Statesville, Watauga County, Weaverville, Wilmington), you can use our action pages to send a message to your lawmakers. View the map.
If you live anywhere else in North Carolina, go to the website of your City Council and find the contact information for your Mayor and City Council members.
If you’re sending an email, click here and copy/paste this template into your email client, making it personal as you see fit.
If you’re making a phone call, click here and use this conversation guide, making it personal as you see fit.
Email Template About Local LGBTQ Protections
No one should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love – and now, it's time for our local leaders to take action. Go to your City Council’s website to find your lawmakers’ email addresses, then copy and paste this template email language to urge them to prioritize passage of common sense policies protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in every area of life.
Subject Line: Please protect LGBTQ people from discrimination
As your constituent, I'm writing to express strong support for the passage of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. As of December 1, power is restored to cities and towns to pass local ordinances protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, and I'd like to see our city send a strong message that everyone is welcome here.
LGBTQ people still lack explicit, consistent protections at the local, state, and federal level in North Carolina, and that’s a big problem. A recent study found in 1 in 3 LGBTQ people have experienced discrimination in the past year. And for trans people, that number shot up to 3 in 5.
I want our city to be a place where no one has to worry about being evicted from their home, turned away from a healthcare provider, or denied service because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Thank you for considering updating our local laws to ensure that no one faces discrimination because of who they are or who they love. I urge you to take action.
Conversation Guide for Phone Calls About LGBTQ Protections
Tips:
Find a phone number for your City Council member or a staff member from the City Council office or Mayor’s office.
If you reach a lawmaker, have a conversation about your support for LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections and urge them to pass a local ordinance.
If you reach a voicemail, leave a brief message explaining who you are and why you support LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.
What to Say:
My name is YOUR NAME, and I live in WHERE YOU LIVE. As a resident of CITY NAME and as your constituent, I'm calling to express strong support for the passage of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. As of December 1, power is restored to cities and towns to pass local ordinances protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, and I'd like to see our city send a strong message that everyone is welcome here.
I want our city to be a place where no one has to worry about being evicted from their home, turned away from a healthcare provider, or denied service because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Thank you for considering updating our local laws to ensure that no one faces discrimination because of who they are or who they love. I urge you to take action.
Invite Your Friends
Let’s be sure everyone in North Carolina knows how their voice can make an impact to protect LGBTQ North Carolinians from discrimination! Use this tool to urge your friends to take action.