Trans March turns five

Published 06/26/2008
by Matthew S. Bajko

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3109

Now in its fifth year, the annual Trans March will kick off Pride weekend Friday night with what organizers expect will be its largest crowd yet. Attendance could number 10,000 marchers this year as several hot button issues have focused attention on concerns facing the transgender community.

The march this year will spotlight both the need to pass a transgender inclusive federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act through Congress and the push to end the classification of gender identity disorder as a mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used by psychiatrists and therapists.