Overview
- Coordinated marches in Madrid on Saturday and Santiago on Sunday urged the government to stop attacks on transgender people ahead of Trans Visibility Day.
- Organizers framed the mobilizations as a response to recent assaults, highlighting the beating of a young trans woman known as Bianca in La Bañeza and voicing chants of solidarity.
- Demands focused on revising the 2023 trans law to include non-binary people and children under 12, with calls for easier processes for trans migrants who face double discrimination.
- Protesters also sought practical measures such as better access to healthcare, schools and jobs, mandatory gender-identity training for teachers and medical staff, refuge programs for those persecuted, and updates to Galicia’s school protocol.
- Turnout in Santiago drew conflicting counts, with organizers citing about 1,000 people and La Voz de Galicia reporting roughly 200, while left-leaning parties attended and a lead organizer alleged that rising hate on X under Elon Musk has fueled more street attacks.