London Trans+ Pride: an impressive number of people take to the streets for a "powerful and poignant" demonstration.

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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets at London Trans+ Pride this weekend.

The streets of London saw 60,000 people demonstrate on Saturday July 27 in solidarity with transgender and non-binary people. 

 transgender and non-binary people around the world.

The lives of transgender people were celebrated. Stars such as Yasmin Finney also took part, urging the government to reduce the inequality faced by the community.

London Trans+ Pride co-founder Lewis G Burton said that London Trans+ Pride was "powerful and poignant" and that he was extremely proud of it. 

"Often, because of the vitriol and bigotry, exaggerated by the British media, that our community faces, we feel we live in a country where we are not loved and respected. Yesterday was a reminder to the glorious transgender community, but also to London, the new Labour government and the rest of the world, that transgender people are loved," added Burton.

Starting at 2pm, the march began at Langham Place and ended at the Wellington Arch in Hyde Park Corner.

 Olivia Campbell-Cavendish, pillar of the community and director of the Trans Legal Clinic, and Sarah Jane Baker, founder of the Trans Prisoner Alliance, gave speeches. 

Demonstrators denounced the increase in hate crimes against the community, while others called on the government to reverse years of transphobia. 

London Trans+ Pride also stressed that the demonstrators stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo because of the human rights violations they suffer.

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Dani St James, founder of the charity Not A Phase, said she was "immensely proud" to be taking part in the march, adding that the London Trans+ Pride team was incredible.

"Every year they bring us together to continue the vital fight for transgender liberation and to support each other," she said. "The sea of united people sends a powerful message to the nation and the world: we remain strong in the face of adversity."

Bergdorf said that each event she attends is "even more exciting and galvanizing than the last", especially at this "difficult time" for transgender people in the UK.

A spokesperson for the Trans+ Mermaids charity, meanwhile, wrote: "London Trans+ Pride offers a sanctity to the community at this time of fear, uncertainty and anger within the trans community and the wider LGBTQ+ community.

“The government’s attempts to roll back our basic human rights, including our access to healthcare provisions and our right to an education free from discrimination, have cultivated a harmful climate of toxicity.

“Trans Pride is a salve for that. It gives the community, friends, supporters and acquaintances the opportunity to laugh, cry, shout and celebrate [one another], mobilised by the message that none of us are free until all of us are free.”