Dozens of people gathered outside the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford Saturday to rally in support of transgender students.
Organizers said the event was in responsive to the withdrawl of federal guidelines protecting the rights of transgender students in schools, the US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the Gavin Grimm anti-discrimination case, and the outcome of a recent vote in North Carolina to repeal part of HB2, the controversial "bathroom bill."
The North Carolina vote repealed the widely discussed section of House Bill 2: a requirement that transgender people use the public restrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate. However the vote seemed to do little to appease anyone on either side of the issue.
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Organizers said they wanted to show that COnnecticut is committed to making sure transgender, gender non-conforming and queer students feel safe in school and in public.
Participants included transgender students from throughout the state and their parents, and advocates. Sponsoring organizations include the ACLU of Connecticut, GLSEN Connecticut, New Haven Pride Center, OutCT, PFLAG Hartford, PFLAG Hampton, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Triangle Community Center, and True Colors, Inc.
