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Marty Walsh, Elizabeth Warren pledge solidarity with transgender community

"Boston will always be a welcoming home for all, and that will never change," the mayor tweeted.

Hundreds of demonstrators protest a Trump administration announcement that reversed an Obama-era order allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms matching their gender identities, Feb. 23, 2017.

By Shannon Larson

October 22, 2018

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Sen. Elizabeth Warren reaffirmed their solidarity with the transgender community Monday, following a reported effort by the Trump administration to narrow the legal definition of gender to a biological condition determined at birth. Both Massachusetts politicians took to Twitter and expressed their support for trans rights, taking part in the social media campaign #WontBeErased. Walsh, in a tweet featuring a transgender pride flag waving in front of City Hall, wrote that Boston will continue to be a “welcoming home for all.”“It’s simple: trans rights are human rights,” he wrote.

It’s simple: trans rights are human rights. Boston will always be a welcoming home for all, and that will never change. #WontBeErased pic.twitter.com/wgyHn7aT8n

— Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) October 22, 2018

And Warren said in a tweet that she would continue fighting for the trans community.

“We’re in this fight all the way for trans rights [and] protections — here in Massachusetts and across the country,” she wrote.

We’re in this fight all the way for trans rights & protections – here in Massachusetts and across the country. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #WontBeErased pic.twitter.com/LfQ4DfTrkT

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 22, 2018