Transgender people and their allies held a protest at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., yesterday, on the Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). The message was clear: trans people will not be erased.
The Christopher Street Project, a trans-rights advocacy group, led the event. Tyler Hack, the 19-year-old executive director, told Erin in the Morning that the group is challenging an emerging narrative that trans people are to blame for Donald Trump’s re-election.
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“Whether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, they help America thrive.”
“We can win on trans issues,” Hack said. “People who are pro-trans can use those issues and turn them into a fighting force in electoral politics.”
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The protest challenges efforts by the Trump administration to erase transgender people from government records, sports, history, and public life through a series of executive orders signed by the president attacking the transgender community. One such executive order accused TDOV of promoting “anti-Christian discrimination” because Easter fell on the same day last year. TDOV is always on the last day of March, while Easter is held on different Sundays each year in a system that depends on the liturgical calendar.
Protestors held up various signs with messages that included “My existence isn’t up for debate,” “Genital Obsessed Pervs,” and “Trans kids deserve the world.”
About a thousand people at the Trans Day of Visibility Rally on the National Mall today in DC
— Rowena Eureka (@rowenaeureka.bsky.social) March 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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“I swear to you, your bank account looks more like your trans neighbor’s than it does like Donald Trump’s or Elon Musk’s!”
— The Klingons Call Me Fek’lhr
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