Trans Brooklyn Liberation March
Thousands gathered on Sunday in Brooklyn for a Trans rally in support of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming youth and the recent escalation of anti-trans pieces of legislation, particularly against trans and GNC youth.
“We are here to claim space,” Mx. Avory said to a crowd that cheered them on. “We are here to say that we have a right not just to survive, but to thrive; to demand that our movements show up and center us.” New York Times
The march was organized by Brooklyn Liberation, a QTPOC grassroots organization that “organizes in the name of Black Trans Liberation”. The action was called in response to more than 100 pieces of anti-trans legislation, more in 2021 than ever before and in particular legislation that affects trans and GNC youth.
According to a report published Monday by Axios, at least 73 pieces of legislation have already been put forward in state legislatures targeting members of the transgender community. Of those proposals, 65 specifically single out trans youth, such as bills prohibiting the kinds of medical care doctors can offer trans minors and others seeking to limit the participation of trans student athletes in school sports. The latter make up the vast majority of right-wing bills focused on trans youth: 41.
Notable examples include legislative efforts by South Dakota and Mississippi, both of which passed bills in the past week blocking trans girls from competing in school athletics in accordance with their gender identity. After being approved by their respective Houses and Senates, their governors have vowed to sign them.
These would be the first bills of their kind to become law in the U.S. after numerous attempts to pass anti-trans sports bills in previous years. In 2019, a bill targeting trans student athletes failed in the South Dakota House by just one vote. [THEM.us]
