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Sex Matters in Housing Policy

Speak up before June 29, 2026

American families and taxpayers expect HUD housing programs to prioritize safety, fairness, and responsible use of public funds. Too often, policies based on self-identified gender identity have compromised privacy and safety in single-sex facilities like shelters, shared bathrooms, and sleeping quarters.

The proposed revisions to HUD’s Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs would restore common sense by defining access based on an individual’s immutable biological sex (male or female) rather than ever-changing self-identified gender. This protects women and girls in vulnerable situations while ensuring equal access consistent with biological reality.

This is not a radical proposal. It aligns HUD policy with longstanding biological definitions, executive order guidance on restoring truth in federal policy, and the need to safeguard privacy and safety in women’s spaces.

Americans deserve accountability in how tax dollars fund housing and shelter programs. Support these revisions to refocus HUD programs on protecting the most vulnerable.

Submit a comment today and urge HUD to support the equal access to housing in HUD programs revisions and put safety first.

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Parents Deserve to Know

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Parents deserve clear information about the content their children consume.

Today, television ratings warn families about violence, sexual content, coarse language, and other mature themes. But increasingly, children’s programming includes transgender, nonbinary, and queer identity-related themes without any meaningful content descriptor alerting parents beforehand.

Children’s shows across major television and streaming platforms now regularly include these themes in programs aimed at younger audiences, often under ratings such as TV-Y, TV-Y7, and TV-G.

Yet many parents receive no clear notice before this content appears.

Families deserve the same kind of transparency already provided for:

Violence
Sexual content
Coarse language
Suggestive themes

Independent Women supports creating a content descriptor identifying transgender and queer themes in children’s programming so parents can make fully informed viewing decisions for their own families.

This proposal does not ban content or prevent programming from airing. It simply empowers parents with better information.

Experts increasingly point to media and social influences as contributing factors in rising rates of youth gender confusion and medicalization.

The FCC is now accepting public comments related to parental empowerment and television transparency.

Use the form to submit a comment directly urging policymakers to support stronger parental transparency tools and informed family choice.

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401(k) Freedom: Open Private Investment for Everyday Workers

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For decades, the best wealth-building investments were reserved for Wall Street insiders and political elites—while hardworking Americans were locked out.

President Trump’s proposed 401(k) rule puts Main Street first.

This reform expands access to private credit, infrastructure, and real estate investments through 401(k) retirement plans, giving everyday Americans the same tools long enjoyed by elites and government pension funds to grow their savings and secure their future.

Today, most private-sector workers rely on a 401(k)—a tax-advantaged, employer-matched account meant to reward long-term saving. But outdated regulations and fear of lawsuits have limited investment options, holding workers back and reducing long-term growth.

This 401(k) proposal restores fairness by:

Opening access to private markets
Giving Main Street workers the same opportunities as institutional investors and public sector workers
Strengthening retirement security through diversification and long-term growth
Letting Americans—not Washington—decide how to invest their own money

Use the form below to submit a comment directly to the Department of Labor urging them to move forward with this important reform and protect financial freedom for working Americans.

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End the Healthcare Black Box

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Americans are paying more for health care every year, yet much of the system that determines healthcare costs operates behind closed doors.

One of the least transparent parts of that system involves Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). These companies negotiate drug prices and manage prescription benefits for employer health plans. PBMs often receive payments such as rebates, administrative fees, and other forms of compensation tied to prescription drugs.

In many cases, the employers paying for health plans do not have clear visibility into those payments or how they affect the cost of care.

The Department of Labor has proposed a rule requiring PBMs to disclose their compensation to the employer and union health plans they serve.

This is an important step. Greater transparency would help employers and plan sponsors better understand where healthcare dollars are going and evaluate whether fees being charged are reasonable.

Employer health plans cover millions of workers and families, and the organizations managing those plans have a responsibility to protect the healthcare dollars workers contribute. Other service providers—such as insurers and third-party administrators—also receive compensation and control important pricing and claims data within employer health plans.

To properly protect workers and their families, employers responsible for these plans need full transparency across the system and access to the data necessary to evaluate costs and negotiate fair contracts.

Stronger transparency requirements will help ensure healthcare dollars are being used responsibly and can help employers improve benefits and manage rising healthcare costs.

Say No to Mutilation: Abolish Medical Transition Abuse for Minors

THIS COMMENT DRIVE IS NOW COMPLETE. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE OF MORE THAN 12,000 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE HARMS OF SO-CALLED “GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE” FOR MINORS. INDEPENDENT WOMEN ALONE MOBILIZED 2,000 CITIZENS—REPRESENTING 15% OF THE TOTAL. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. READ MORE

Too many children have been told by medical professionals that they were born in the wrong body and mutilated under the banner of so-called “gender-affirming care.”

The truth? These children—and in many cases, their parents—have been lied to.

These barbaric drug and surgical regimens are not life savers for transgender-identifying children—they lead to life-long medical complications.

Testosterone leaves girls with vaginal atrophy and lacerations, clitoral enlargement, facial hair growth, vocal hoarseness, menstrual irregularity and suppression, as well as suppression of ovulation, which can lead to sterility.
Estrogen puts boys at higher risk for blood clots and sterility.
Surgeries like vaginoplasty—which surgically cut off the penis and create a gaping wound (“neovagina”) that is prone to infection—and double mastectomy are irreversible.

Thankfully, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now investigating whether the pediatric gender medicine industry has deceived families by hiding risks and making false claims. As Independent Women ambassador Prisha Mosley, a detransitioner, told the FTC, “This is the greatest medical scandal of our lifetimes. Doctors are selling patients snake oil—no human can change sex.”

It’s well past time to call this so-called “gender-affirming care” out for what it actually is: a lie. Our most vulnerable Americans—our children—deserve better.

We have until September 26th at 11:59PM ET to weigh in. Use the form to easily submit a comment directly to the Federal Trade Commission and urge them to crack down on the mutilation of minors.

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Tell the Department of Labor to Expand In-Home Care

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Speak Up Before Sept. 2 at 11:59 PM ET

Too many families are struggling to find affordable in-home care for aging loved ones. Outdated federal regulations—specifically the 2013 Home Care Rule—have made it more difficult (and more expensive), if not impossible, for seniors to get the care they need at home.

This rule removed a key exemption in federal labor law, forcing most in-home caregivers into rigid overtime requirements. That means:

Families can’t secure the kind of care their loved ones need
Aging Americans are pushed into institutions, under-the-table arrangements, or left attempting to provide the care themselves

But there is hope.

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor has proposed a new rule to reverse the 2013 changes and help make in-home care more affordable and accessible for seniors.

If finalized, this Trump rule would:

Reinstate the pre-2013 definition of companionship services, allowing many in-home caregivers, including those employed through third-parties, to qualify for an exemption from overtime requirements once again.
Make in-home care more accessible and affordable again, so more families could find the help they need in the comfort of their own homes.
Give families and workers more freedom and flexibility.

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