Several lawmakers hung transgender pride flags outside their Capitol Hill offices this week ahead of Sunday’s International Transgender Day of Visibility.
{mosads}Several lawmakers posted pictures of their flags on social media, including 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass).
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Jennifer Wexton (Va.) also hung the flags outside their offices.
“Discrimination has no place in our society. I am proud to display this flag as a symbol of my support for transgender people across the country,” Sanders tweeted. “We must stand with transgender people in all of our communities.”
“Proud to hang the trans flag outside of my D.C. office during #TransVisibilityWeek,” Jayapal tweeted. “To my trans constituents and to the entire trans and gender non-conforming community: you are loved, you are strong and you #WontBeErased.”
A spokesperson for Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) told The Hill that the congressman hung the transgender pride flag outside his office Monday morning and would keep it up through next Monday.
The National Center for Transgender Equality tweeted on Tuesday that it delivered transgender pride flags to every member of Congress to celebrate Transgender Visibility Week.
“With the help of community members & volunteers, we delivered trans pride flags to EVERY member of the Congress, from every party, including voting members and non-voting delegates,” the center tweeted from its verified account.
Updated 5:15 p.m.