I'm Raven, my pronouns are they he, I'm 17 and I'm from NYC Youth for Trans Rights.

It's so amazing to look around and see people like me that I've had the same experiences

as me who know what it's like to be trans and it's so great to just, you know, watch

everybody be happy and be themselves in a safe place.

Everybody needs to know that we are here, we are clear, we're not going anywhere and

if y'all don't celebrate us that's a you problem.

Like we're going to be who we are and we're not going to get rid of us.

I'm the happiest, I've been in a really, really long time here in this space with these

people and I think that it's so good for people who think that they're alone, to know that

they have people out there, people fighting for them, people fighting with them, people

on their side because like a lot of them just don't have that, they go through so, so,

much and gathering around being able to look at people and hug people and talk to people

that are like that is something that can really heal the heart.

It's insane to me that people don't want people to exist because of things that are not

in their control.

Like it's, it's, it's, it's scary to live in a world where if I travel a couple hundred

miles like I could die for being chants.

My name is Elle, I plan on to shoot her and I'm one of the organizers of this whole event.

Today is important because like, I mean, it's in the name, you know, like it's our

day of visibility where we can get together and show that like we are people that all

of these bills that are being passed that are anti-trans and anti-trans healthcare literally

kill us.

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