<div><em>“They'll stall you," Organa said. "I know it's a horrifying situation, but you can't fight every evil in the galaxy."</em>

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<div><em>"Evil? " Padmé said. "I've fought evil and it was easy: I shot it. It's apathy I can't stand.”</em>

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<div>On February 22nd, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/O-MastersJaime202202221358.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">letter</a> to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services calling for "a prompt and thorough investigation" into any families suspected of allowing their child to receive gender-affirming medical care after Attorney General Ken Paxton released <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2022/kp-0401.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Opinion KP-0401</a> stating that such medical care--including the most commonly used and reversible puberty blockers or hormone replacement therapy--constitutes as child abuse.
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<div>Similar to recent bills specifically targeting trans and non-binary youth in Arizona, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Hampshire and South Dakota, this latest example of bad faith fear-mongering exists solely to intimidate and erase transgender people of all ages under the guise of "protection". This latest example, in particular, seeks to weaponize systems designed to protect children from actual abuse in order to wage a scare campaign of state-enforced monitoring in a manner eerily similar to the McCarthy era. This is something we refuse to stand by silently for.

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<div><em>“You are an idealist," Bonteri said. "That's not a bad thing."</em>

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<div><em>"I know," Padmé said. "I have worked very hard at it.”</em>

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<div>We, the undersigned, are 77 fan content creators, podcasters, YouTubers, TikTokers, artists, writers and cosplayers who have joined together to use our limited platforms to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and their families in Texas. No child should fear that their teachers will report their parents to the government for allowing them to live as their true gender. No parent should fear criminal charges for supporting their transgender child and helping them seek therapeutic and medical support to treat their gender dysphoria. Trans people exist. Trans children exist. This is not a topic up for debate as decades of peer reviewed medical, pyschological and scientific research have validated time and time again.

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<div>This community-operated, nonprofit campaign--which we have chosen to call<strong> The Amidala Initiative</strong>--seeks to use our platform to raise funds for <a href="https://www.equalitytexas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Equality Texas</a>, the largest nonpartisan statewide political advocacy organization working to eliminate discrimination targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the state of Texas. It is our goal to show that our community can follow in the footsteps of a character like Padmé Amidala, who tirelessly used her voice to speak up to protect disenfranchised and endangered people within a flawed political system. While we may not have the reach, impact or resources of larger online presences, we do not believe that is an excuse to sit by silently as hate seeks to establish stronger footholds and threaten our most vulnerable siblings in our own galaxy.

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<div>The Amidala Initiative was created collaboratively by the following creators:

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<div><b>Aaron Skyguy
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<div><b>A Larger View of the Force
</b>
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<div><b>Ace of Geeks
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Ahch-To Radio
</b>
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<div><b>All Remaining Systems
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Aphra's Artifacts
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Around the Galaxy Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Austin SWE
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Blast Points Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Blue Bantha Milk Co.
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Bombadcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>The Bright Suns Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Broaxium
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Byn McDonald
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Canto Bight Dispatch
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Clashing Sabers
</b>
</div>


<div><b>The Clone Cast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Darth Astris
</b>
</div>


<div><b>El Podcast De Estar Güars
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Emma Mieko Candon
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Fear Queers
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Force Friends Rewatch Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>The Force Losers Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Force Toast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Friends of the Force
</b>
</div>


<div><b>The GALactic Podcast
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Galaxy of Queers
</b>
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<div><b>Hope Makes Chris Watch Cartoons
</b>
</div>


<div><b>Idiot's Array
</b>
</div>


<div><b>The Imperial Senate Podcast
</b>
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<div><b>I Rebel
</b>
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<div><b>Jack Ingram
</b>
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<div><b>Jaig Eyes and Jedi
</b>
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<div><b>Jammed Transmissions
</b>
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<div><b>Jonah Edward
</b>
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<div><b>Jordan Maison
</b>
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<div><b>Kanata's Castle
</b>
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<div><b>Krypton to Alderaan
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<div><b>Ky-e Bricks
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<div><b>Kyle Katarn
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<div><b>Lipstick and Lightstabers
</b>
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<div><b>Live Action Star Wars
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<div><b>Logan Arch
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<div><b>Meg Dowell
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<div><b>Mynock Manor
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<div><b>The Nerd Academy Podcast
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<div><b>Nerdherder
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<div><b>Outer Rim Reads
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<div><b>Pink Milk
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<div><b>Podcast of the Whills
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<div><b>The Queer Ascendancy
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<div><b>Radio Rebellion
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<div><b>The Resistance Broadcast
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<div><b>Roberto Venegas
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<div><b>Rik Villanueva
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<div><b>RuPalp's Podrace
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<div><b>Shaylo Ren
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<div><b>Sistas with Sabers
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<div><b>The Sith List
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<div><b>Sithty Minutes
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<div><b>Skytalkers
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<div><b>Skywalking Through the League
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<div><b>Starbird Files
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<div><b>Star Wars Explained
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<div><b>Star Wars: In A Galaxy Podcast
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<div><b>Star Wars Thrifting
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<div><b>Star Wars Queers Watch
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<div><b>Steele Wars
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<div><b>Stitchcrvft
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<div><b>Talking Bay 94
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<div><b>Tarkin's Top Shelf
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<div><b>That Gay Jedi
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<div><b>That Geek Pod
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<div><b>Triad of the Force
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<div><b>Vader's Thoughts
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<div><b>Yavin Radio
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<div><b>Youtini Network
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Gustavo Acosta

Jimmy McGuffin

Rebecca Edwards

Max Marchiony

Jamie Black

Juan Mereles

Roberto Venegas

Ashley Guillory

John Wilcox

Molly Turner

Tal Engel

Joseph Snyder

Daniel Endres

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