12/01/2025
The Washington Blade LGBTQIA+ newspaper reports that Community members, advocates, and LGBTQ leaders came together for the annual National Trans Visibility March on August 24th 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. Speakers took the stage, including Rev. Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey, who led an empowerment service at National City Christian Church the Friday before the rally, and Jay Jones, Howard University’s first trans student president. The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Kelley Robinson, also spoke, connecting the fight for transgender rights to broader LGBTQ causes. Jamison Henninger, executive director of the DC Area Trans Masculine Society, said the march showed the transgender community’s readiness to mobilize in this year’s election. “It’s great to be able to come out together and show people that you know we are a strong minority, and that our rights matter and that we won’t be passive in the legislation that tries to attack us,” he said. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/25/national-trans-visibility-mar...
