National Trans Visibility March returns to D.C. amid rising attacks
Community members, advocates, and LGBTQ leaders came together for the annual National Trans Visibility March on Aug. 24 amid a weekend filled with workshops and events focused on transgender rights and advocacy.
It was the first time the march returned to D.C. since its inaugural event in 2019. About 400 people attended the march, which began with a rally at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters at 1 p.m.
Hope Giselle, president of the National Trans Visibility March, took the stage to demand respect for the transgender and non-binary community, and emphasize the power the community wields. “We stand tall because that is power; the ability to influence the people that say that they were un-influential, the ability to speak life into people who have had their very existence crushed by the folks that were supposed to nurture and honor them,” Giselle told the crowd.
The crowd was energized with call-and-response refrains of “Trans — power, trans — power,” as other speakers took the stage, including Rev.
