Transgender Day of Visibility event held in Red Deer
Roughly two dozen people gathered at Red Deer City Hall Park on Saturday to show support for the local transgender community.
The event featured a few informal speeches, including one from Red Deer North MLA Kim Schreiner and a march around City Hall Park.
Bobbi-Jo L’Hirondelle, President of the Trans and Non-binary Aid Society (TANAS), describes the event as an opportunity to celebrate the visibility of people that are ‘out’ openly in the community.
“It’s also a day to bring awareness around the discrimination that we face every single day,” adds L’Hirondelle. “It’s kind of like hitting two birds with one stone type-thing.”