An event in the Fox Valley this weekend aims to bring equality and awareness to the LGBT community in Wisconsin.

16-year-old Connor Tenor, a junior at Kimberly High School, is the brains behind the event.

"We're just trying to spread awareness and try to send a message to people that we're not going to back down," Tenor says. "We're not going to sit back and watch as our rights are being taken away."

For a little more than a year, Connor's been "out" as transgender. Some days are easier than others.

"I've gotten a lot of positive responses," Tenor says. "But there's also been negative talk around school and stuff. But I'm trying not to let it get to me."

Connor's lucky; he's got a strong support system at home.

"I'm so amazed," says Sarah Catalano, Connor's mom. "I can't even believe that one 16-year-old child could do all of this, and get so many people together for such a controversial topic in today's society."

Connor says the goal of Saturday's event is to bring awareness and show solidarity.

"It feels like I'm not alone anymore," says Elijah Mosher, who drove two hours to attend the event. "[For] a long time I was alone in it. And I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to identify as. So it felt great."

"I look forward to a future where this sort of thing is taken for granted," says Appleton Alderperson Vered Meltzer. "Where this sort of thing isn't interesting, where people of many different genders ... that's no more interesting than hair color."