On Saturday morning, I woke up at 7:00a.m., and I got ready to march for my rights as a young woman of color and transgender teen living at the center of so many intersections.

Before leaving, I swallowed the little turquoise pill that my life depends on: estrogen. So many trans people don't have access to hormones and other medical supports that play a crucial role in many of our journeys. So many girls like me are afraid to come out, to ask for help, don’t know where to get help, are pushed out of schools and homes and forced into dangerous situations just in order to be female in the ways we must be in order to be ourselves.

President Obama, because of our voices, passed directives to include us in Title IX anti-discrimination provisions in schools and included our health care in the Affordable Care Act. This new administration promises to reverse most of them. Any advances the LGBTQ community has made — especially for trans girls and women — will most likely be rolled back just when we finally moved forward. But here we were, rallying for our identities in the nation’s capitol, in an ocean of pink pussy hats — a bittersweet expression of feminism for us trans girls for sure.

“Trans people haven't come this far to only come this far, women’s rights haven't come this far to only come this far," Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said at the rally preceding the march.

“I am a trans woman, writer, activist, revolutionary of color. And I am my sisters’ keeper,” mused Janet Mock, another iconic speaker at the rally.

There were so many people who, like me, were born after 2000, like me, everywhere. From what I saw at the march, which definitely doesn't cover everyone, people in my age group were the most diverse racially, ethnically and held the most LGBTQ signs and colors. I was so proud of us!

“Tell me what democracy looks like! THIS is what democracy looks like,” shouted one group.

“We’re here, we’re trans, we WILL disrupt his plans!” chanted another.

We were electric.

I pulled aside unknown teen peers, hungry to hear if they felt as I did. Here is little of what they told me:

Milan B, a teen with long gray box braids and a student at Howard University, said “I have never been to a protest before, this is my first one. I think at the height of this whole election it’s providing an opportunity for everyone to come together and support each other and fight for something that we believe in.”

I asked Ashley F., also a student at Howard University, what plans she had over the next four years to combat the hostility and intolerance that may be facing us.

Ashley said her focus in on meeting mental health needs of her peers, ensuring that we all feel supported and cared for as we face these challenges. She also said “I’ve never really followed the feminist movement, but at college, I started to see the feeling men had about being superior to us, and it’s made me want to fight more for women’s rights.”

Zahri J., a student at the Duke Ellington School of the arts, and my sister-marcher said, “I am so happy to see so many girls my age who were girls of color at the march.”

Rachel C., an older trans woman told me that she wants to send a message to the administration that she is going to be visible and speak out and defend the progress that we’ve made. “The march of equality has to move forward.”

Young Sofia Cruz told us from the stage, about immigrant families like hers: “We are here together making a chain of love to protect our families.”

At the rally before the march, Linda Sarsour inspired us all as her powerful message boomed through speakers, “I stand before you unapologetically Muslim American. You are my hope for my community. I ask you to stand and keep your voices loud for Black women, for Native women, for undocumented women, for our LGBTQ communities, for people with disabilities.”

It felt like the birth of our own 21st century revolution — the first giant leap in the rest of our fantastic lives. We still have hope, and that's what matters.

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