A grassroots coalition of LGBTQ+ groups, organizations and activists gathered in Orlando this weekend to join the “National March to Protect Trans Youth and Speak Out for Trans Rights.”
The Orlando iteration of the march took to downtown Saturday, Oct. 7.
Some major aims of the march were to garner support for reversal of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ bans on trans healthcare, preferred bathroom use, and Black and queer education in schools; to expand Medicaid and SNAP benefits; to drop charges against the “Tampa 5”; to make free and legal abortions accessible, and more.
Featured speakers included Miss Major, a Stonewall Riot veteran and lifelong advocate for trans rights; Adria Jawort, an Indigenous Two-Spirit woman targeted by Montana’s anti-drag law; and Christynne Lili Wrene Wood, a trans woman who made headlines after being targeted in the media for using the women’s locker room of her local YMCA.
