Photography: Rise Up for Trans Youth Rally, Union Square, NYC 2/8/25
Last Saturday, an estimated 7,000 New Yorkers arrived in Union Square for the Rise Up for Trans Youth Really on a rather cold February afternoon. The rally was organized to show some much-needed love and support to trans youth and trans people everywhere, and to protest the Trump Administration’s awful and cruel anti-trans executive orders.
The rally which was organized by Trans formative Schools, Gender Liberation Movement and ACT UP NY featured speakers from those organizers, as well as Black Lives Matter, school-aged transgender youth, parents of transgender young people and trans supportive clergy members.
The best part of the afternoon was the number of moms, dads and grandmothers, who showed up because they took the anti-trans sentiment personally. We need more parents like that, who just love their kids.
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