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On Friday night, the transgender community expressed mixed emotions at the Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
"We have a lot further to go than our gay and lesbian counterparts, and so today is heralding that all Americans deserve to be treated equal under the law, and I think a lot of transgender people are looking forward to that day as well,” said Danielle Askini, who identifies as a transgender woman.
She helped organize the Trans Pride parade, which drew more than a thousand people into the streets of Seattle's Capitol Hill.
"Transgender people still face alarming rates of violence, widespread discrimination,” said Askini.
Spectators watched and waved during the parade, as well.
One of them was Becca Guest.
"Marriage has happened, and that's important too, but it's an institution and there are other lives that are really really important,” said Guest.
Mayor Ed Murray agreed. At the end of the parade, as the crowd gathered at Cal Anderson Park, he declared Friday “Transgender Pride Day.”
Earlier this week, he announced a proposed ordinance that would make single-occupancy restrooms in the city "all gender."
"We often forget that this is not just the gay community, or the lesbian community, but it's the transgender community -- a group of folks who are still struggling for their rights,” said Murray.
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