LGBT rights—and progressive values for all people—made history yesterday at the Women’s March for America when millions came out for a nonviolent protest at events all over the country and around the world.
According to the Boston Globe, more than 175,000 people joined the Boston Women’s March for America to stand up for shared progressive values and to protest the draconian party platform of the Republican party just one day after Trump’s inauguration.
Says the Globe:
Tens of thousands of marchers wearing pink hats, waving homemade signs, and chanting “This is what democracy looks like!” hit the streets of Boston Saturday afternoon to protest the election of President Trump.
After more than an hour of speeches from politicians and activists who called out fierce notes of resistance, the enormous crowd began streaming from Boston Common onto Charles Street, heading to Clarendon Street, where they turned around. So many people marched that it took more than an hour and a half to file out of the Common. City officials estimated that 175,000 attended the demonstration. …
The marchers stretched blocks deep: young girls wearing homemade pageant banners (“Ms. Fierce,” “Ms. Be Strong”), a man in a pink cowboy hat pushing a stroller, and a pregnant woman carrying a sign reading “Future Nasty Woman” pointing to her baby bump made their way up one side of the Commonwealth Mall and down the other. Ubiquitous hats with cat ears — called “pussy hats” in reference to the word Trump uttered unforgettably on a hot microphone — made the crowd look dotted with pink in aerial views. …
“We can whimper. We can whine. Or we can fight back!” yelled US Senator Elizabeth Warren, as marchers, many wearing pink hats and waving protest signs, screamed their approval. “We come here to stand shoulder to shoulder to make clear: We are here! We will not be silent! We will not play dead! We will fight for what we believe in!” …
Speakers at the Boston kickoff included Warren, Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston, US Senator Edward J. Markey, and Attorney General Maura Healey. The crowd was so vast that many could hear only the applause. …
The Boston protesters were among millions who march in hundreds of locales across the nation and in cities around the world.
Demonstrations were also held around Massachusetts in Falmouth, Greenfield, Nantucket, Provincetown, Northampton, and Pittsfield.
