6/19/2023 0 Comments Trans visibility day 2019“I might be the first legislator to use singular they pronouns in this dome, but I will not be the last.” “We stand on the shoulders of our elders, and we want the next generation to stand on our shoulders,” Johnson said. Dominique Johnson of Norwalk, who identifies as gender nonconforming, likened the day to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. READ MORE: Georgia bans most transgender care for kids under 18 Susan Bysiewicz, state lawmakers, transgender advocates and others clapped and cheered as the Transgender Pride flag was raised over the state Capitol in Hartford for the first time. “Without it I don’t think I would be here,” Gonzalez said. “Transitioning saved my life and so many others and I think it’s so important that people understand that,” said Gonzalez, who began socially transitioning at 14 and began testosterone treatment at 16. Rhydian Gonzalez, an 18-year-old high school student at the Magic City Acceptance Academy, founded as a school that welcomes LGBTQ students, said anti-transgender bills don’t help anyone. “The bullying, discrimination, and political attacks that trans kids face have exacerbated our national mental health crisis.”ĭraped in pride flags and carrying signs outside the Alabama capital of Montgomery, about 100 mostly young people marched around the statehouse where lawmakers last year approved the nation’s first law making it a felony to provide gender-affirming drugs to transgender minors, as well as legislation governing what school bathrooms and sports teams transgender kids can access. ”Let me be clear: These attacks are un-American and must end,” Biden said. He denounced what he called hundreds of hateful and extreme state laws that target transgender kids and their families. On Friday, President Joe Biden issued a statement supporting Transgender Day of Visibility and reaffirming that transgender Americans deserve to be safe and supported in every community. READ MORE: Transgender athletes banned from track and field competitions, rules tightened for Semenya Federal judges have blocked enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care. “We have always been here, we’ve always been part of the communities and it’s time to start recognizing that and to give us equal protections.”Īt least 11 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Utah, South Dakota and West Virginia. We’re not a new group,” said Penelope Torres, who traveled from Chicago to Washington, D.C., where more than 1,000 people marched from Union Station to the reflecting pool. The rallies came as Republican lawmakers nationwide have pursued hundreds of proposals this year to push back on LGBTQ+ rights, particularly those of transgender residents, including banning transgender girls from girls’ sports, keeping transgender people from using restrooms in line with their gender identities and requiring schools to deadname transgender students - mandating they be identified by names they were given at birth. I am not hurting anyone and I am certainly not hurting myself.” “My life is not your debate,” Draugh said. Transgender youth stood in front of the Vermont crowd and spoke movingly of the lack of support for their gender identity and sexuality.Ĭharlie Draugh, a 17-year-old high school senior from Chisago, Minnesota, who attends a boarding school in Vermont, said he was angry that groups are trying to control his life and turn him into a political pawn. POLL: Majority of Americans reject anti-trans bills, but support for this restriction is rising Supporters of transgender rights converged on statehouses nationwide, at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., and were planned as far away as Mexico City to mark a day of international unity first proclaimed more than a decade ago.Ĭhanting, “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!” many at the statehouse in Montpelier, Vermont, draped themselves in pride flags or carried posters with messages like “yay gay” or “ protect trans kids.” (AP) - Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment.
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