Hundreds of protesters gathered at the weekly Stonewall demonstration for Black Trans Liberation, marching through the city before stopping for a speech given by Joel Rivera, a trans woman who was sexually assaulted by both male and female officers while in prison awaiting her bail hearing for exercising first amendment rights.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered in New York for the weekly Stonewall march, demanding the abolition of the NYPD and calling it out for its discrimination against people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. Dozens of bike cops trailed the demonstration, ready to attack if any confrontations broke out, but no arrests ended up occurring.
Protesters gathered in the dozens in Portland to demand justice for Tete Gulley, a black trans woman found hanging from a tree on 27 May 2019. Protesters listened to speeches before marching on 82nd Avenue, and then dispersing, with many prominent activists present in the demonstration including Demetria Hester.
Protesters gathered in Portland for the Trans Day of Remembrance protests across the world, attacking several businesses and the Mexican consulate, due to the government’s horrible record with handling femicide. The businesses One Main Financial, Whole Foods, State Farm, Miller Paint Co., Chase Bank, Bank of America, Rose City Realtors, and Wells Fargo were all damaged during the protest. Protesters […]
Protesters took to the streets for the weekly Stonewall Black Trans Lives Matter march, which attracted hundreds in attendance. Police followed the demonstrators, but no major clashes occurred throughout the night, with the march ending peacefully.