The event has grown amid a push nationwide to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Scores of activists and supporters marched through San Antonio on Saturday to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility. In its second year, the event, dubbed the “March of Us,” went from a rally at City Hall to the city’s gay entertainment strip on Main Avenue. Marchers held handmade signs and showed off the blue, white and pink colors of the trans pride flag.
” She said the event was not only meant to encourage trans people to be themselves but also to show “how much support we have from our allies here in San Antonio.” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has spoken out against anti-trans legislation in the Lone Star State, writing on Twitter that “San Antonio must stand with our transgender loved ones, friends and neighbors” as the state moved to ban gender-affirming medical care for trans youth last year.
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