City of Wilton Manors will be raising the Transgender Flag tomorrow, Thursday, March 30th at 6:30pm at Jaycee Park on Wilton Drive, across from city hall, in observance of International Transgender Visibility Day.
Wilton Manors Florida- commissioners voted Tuesday night to fly the transgender flag on several days of remembrance. Friday, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility. The flag will return to the city’s Jaycee Park in June, during Wilton Manors’ Stonewall Parade and Festival, on Aug. 19, Transgender Pride Flag Day, and again on Nov. 20, International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Supporters said transgender people would take it as a cue that Wilton Manors is a safe haven and welcomes them.
“In policy and in symbolism we must speak up and out for the transgender community,” Commissioner Justin Flippen said.Ron Mills Spoke during the public comment before the vote as a Co-Founder Of TERI "Transgender Equity Rights Initiative" Mills spoke about two Transgender activist who are no longer with us and who were pioneers in transgender activism ,Mills spoke about Diane Arnold a activist who came out from behind the shadows almost 20 years ago
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