Boystown Transgender Rights Rally To Protest Trump Administration's Policy Reversal

CHICAGO, IL — Speakers and a march through Boystown neighborhood streets will be part of a rally Saturday to protest this week's decision by President Donald Trump's administration to eliminate Obama-era protections for transgender students.

The event, called "Stand Up for Transgender Rights," will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and participants will gather in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at Roscoe and Halsted streets. As of Thursday night, more than 400 people have said on the rally's Facebook page that they will be attending the event.

"Obama administration guidance protecting trans youth in public schools is no more," the rally's Facebook page stated. "The Trump administration continues on its path of intolerance and hate, and because of that we must all stand up together for all members of the trans community including those who consider themselves as gender non-conforming, cisgendered, bi-gendered, Two Spirit, intersex, cross-dressers, queer, non-binary, drag kings or queens, queer, questioning, as well as the GLB community."

"We will not allow Trump to move this country backwards," the page also stated.

RELATED: Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policy On Transgender Students

Speakers at the event will begin at noon, and the march will start at 1 p.m. down Halsted Street's sidewalks. Organizers set the time of the march then to allow participants to attend another protest, "Latinxs Against Trump," in the Loop. That event is at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cloud Gate, 55 N. Michigan Ave.

Go to the Facebook page for "Stand Up for Transgender Rights" for more information abou the rally.

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