A rally is being held in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday to commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility.
It is being led by the Christopher Street Project, in coordination with more than 20 members of Congress and a dozen advocacy organizations.
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Rep. Summer Lee, a Pennsylvania Democrat, slammed the Trump administration’s policies she said sows “fear” within the community. “We will not let them demonize this community,” House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said from the podium.
The Trump administration’s taken action to try to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19, ban transgender people from military service and require the government to only recognize a person’s sex assigned at birth on government-issued documents. Many of the moves have been challenged in court.
