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Trans Day of Action Kicked Off Big Weekend
Annual gathering, held June 28, demanded justice for transgender victims of violence
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Kellen Gold and Laurie Cotter, longtime members of Rise and Resist.
Pride Rally opened near the Stonewall Inn, is
organized by the Audre Lorde Project’s TransJustice
Particular attention this year was focused on
the ongoing epidemic of lethal violence against
transgender women, particularly women of color.
According to the Human Rights Campaign ,
in 2019, following a year in which 26
transgender people died violent deaths. There
also been several recent deaths of transgender
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Many activists emphasized that there must be justice to make pride
meaningful.
immigrant women in the custody of the federal
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On
June 7, Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco
, an inmate at Rikers Island, died while being
held in “restrictive housing,” a confi nement
only marginally more dehumanizing than solitary
confi nement.
At least one sign in the crowd read, “No Justice,
No Pride.”
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The rally focused on the violence against transgender women, not
only from brutal attacks on the outside but also in the custody of local
police and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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The annual Trans Day of Action — a
rally and march to raise the visibility
of transgender and gender nonconforming
folks and the challenges
they face — took place on a sunny, summery
Friday afternoon June 28.
The event, which drew many hundreds to
Washington Square Park hours before the
initiative.
at least 11 transgender women have been murdered
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