LGBTQ+ rights were a strong rallying point at "No Kings" protests across the countryhttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/lgbtq-rights-were-a-strong-rallying-point-at-no-kings-protests-across-the-country/ 🔗Faefyx Collington (20 Oct 2025)
As millions took to the streets for the No Kings protests this weekend, a wealth of concerns were voiced, from Trump's authoritarian rule, repeated ICE raids, the loss of abortion access and more. Repeatedly, LGBTQ+ rights (and especially trans rights) were a key part of those protests.
While a lot of issues are covered by the No Kings protests, they come at a time when the political pressure on LGBTQ+ people is high. There has been a massive push against trans rights. The Supreme Court earlier this year upheld a gender-affirming care ban for minors. The Trump administration has been pressuring schools and universities to instigate anti-trans bathroom, locker room, and sports ban.
As they have started to win battles against trans people, a wider attack on the LGBTQ+ community is underway with an attempt to overturn conversion therapy bans currently at the Supreme Court, and a possibility that a challenge to the Obergefell precedent for marriage equality could be heard in the future.
As some push to move away from championing trans rights, suggesting that supporting trans people loses them mainstream appeal, it's powerful to see wide LGBTQ+ support as a key part of the bigger anti-Trump movement.
In Boston, 79-year-old Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) took to the stage with a trans flag wrapped around his shoulders and was met with cheers.
"We're going to get up, we're going to stand for the right thing, and we are going to win, "Markey said. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
