NEWS: Transgender Activists Hold Annual Lobby Day in Sacramento

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5/12/11

As state lawmakers consider two measures that would extend additional legal protections to LGBT Californians, transgender activists held their second annual lobby day in Sacramento.

Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, said more than 65 elected officials met with their trans constituents who traveled to the State Capitol on May 1-2.

"We believe the ability to be ourselves is a basic right that everybody in California should have," said Davis.

Drian Juarez was among those who participated in the Transgender Advocacy Day. The self-identified trans woman is the program manager for the Transgender Empowerment Project in Los Angeles. "We are the experts on our lives, nobody can tell our story better than we can," said Juarez.