First with signs, then with dance, dozens hold pro-LGBT rallies at Capitol and Governor's Mansion
AUSTIN -- First was the protest, then came the freakout.
Dozens of people gathered Thursday afternoon in front of the Capitol to protest the state’s transgender bathroom bill and recent White House actions that protesters said threaten the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
In the evening, a second group mounted a different kind of protest at the Governor’s Mansion, where signs and chants were replaced by colorful neon and animal-print clothes, dancing and full-blast music outside the gates.
Roughly 50 people congregated at Congress Avenue and 11th Street in front of the Capitol for the first protest, which opposed a recent move by the White House to ax guidelines protecting transgender children’s bathroom access in public schools. Several of the protesters at the rally said they came in support of a specific transgender child in their lives, who would need adults’ help to testify against the decision.
“We now have a president who is not supportive of the fair and equal treatment of transgender kids — that’s the bad news,” said CEO Chuck Smith of Equality Texas, one of the LGBT groups who organized the rally.
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