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A crowd of around 250 gathered Saturday morning at the Bexar County Courthouse downtown for the “March of Us” rally and march to raise the visibility of the trans community.
March for Trans visibility in downtown San Antonio 3/29/25
— Jerry Clayton-Texas Public Radio (@jerryclayton.bsky.social) March 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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The event began with several speakers addressing the crowd and the Native American Seven Directions Prayer.
Rain Garcia is founder of Unfiltered Wings, who sponsored the event.
“This is a city of love…this our third annual and it's amazing to see that our city is very open and very loving in our community and seeing our people and allies come together just make this day another beautiful day,” Garcia said.
Attendee Ben Harrell described himself as a trans ally.
“Trans people just want to live. They just want to exist, and they want to go about and live their lives without any interference from the government and others. I think they should be left alone and left to live their lives," he said.
In attendance was Gina Ortiz Jones, former Under Secretary of the Air Force and one of 27 people running for mayor of San Antonio.
“And it’s really important that we as leaders step up and highlight the importance of supporting being good allies and good advocates for everybody in our community, especially the most vulnerable and especially those most under attack," Ortiz said.
After the rally, participants marched through downtown to Crockett Park, where a resource fair was held.
