NYC mayor launches 'Trans Rights Are Human Rights' Pride campaign

cultureJun 1, 2026253,385

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched the "Trans Rights Are Human Rights" Pride campaign to highlight protections for transgender and gender‑nonconforming New Yorkers. The campaign will publicize existing city legal protections, services, and resources for transgender and gender‑nonconforming residents. A federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that the Trump-era policy barring transgender troops from serving in the military is unlawful, underscoring a national legal shift on transgender rights. The initiative matters because it directs New Yorkers to concrete protections and signals municipal resistance to policy rollbacks affecting transgender people nationwide.

Dylan Wilbanks

@dylanw.social

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

DS9 scene: Kor, a Klingon, greets Dax as Curzon. Dax corrects him as the host is now in Jadzia, a Trill female. Cor immediately responds, "Jadzia, my beloved old friend" without missing a beat.

Right: Two tweets from 2019: "This Pride Month, never forget that Klingons had trans rights"; "No hostility, no confusion, no clumsy excuse-filled justification, just a quick self-correction and the exact same amount of love and respect before and after. Cis allies: Be like Kor."

29008d ago

Dylan Wilbanks122

Klingons: "Death before dishonor! Today is a good day to die!" Also Klingons: "A warrior can be any gender they choose so long as they die with honor" Sorry, it's canon, I said so

lesterryan.bsky.social37

DS9 is the superior and most political of all the Star Trek shows.

Mark <Impeach, Remove, Fling into Space> Rey ⛰️🌴23

Today is a good day to ally.

🔞Éris🏳️‍⚧️⚢COMISSIONS ABERTAS!🍎💫✨️🎶2

@doguiu2.bsky.social vc sabe qual serie de star trek é essa?

Luigi in a Coal Mine

@weareluigi.bsky.social

Middle age CIS white male here. He and every Democrat who voted for that hateful legislation are dead to me. Trans rights are human rights!🏳️‍⚧️

2958d ago

MegueyB

@megueyb.bsky.social

Happy pride. In the comments, someone notes one of the old men at the end was part of the first Olso pride event in 1974, ~250 people marking the end of criminalization & the start of the work for rights. It still goes on. Visible allies help. #PRIDE #LoveIsLove #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GOTV

278d ago

Brant Reeves

@bireeves95.bsky.social

Just another Example of how Mamdani Cares about All of his Constituents…. “NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign" But the Right told me he was going to put all women in burqas and take away their rights 😂😆😂

147d ago

Fierce Ferrets

@fierceferrets.bsky.social

And a very special message this pride month to our trans friends from our gal Purtricia~ TRANS RIGHTS are HUMAN RIGHTS!!

Cartoon image from the web series Dungeon Minis strip# 89~ cropped to panel 2, featuring Purtricia with the text replaced by font that reads "TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS" with the words "TRANS RIGHTS" being in the trans flag.

138d ago

pixie muledonkey ♥

@pixiemuledonkey.bsky.social

Good thing i never changed my banner after last year’s Pride Trans rights are human rights, fuck the dying American empire, being antifa kicks ass actually

218d ago

#LestWeForget

@canadiandragoness.bsky.social

Thou art the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril #TransRightsAreHumanRights

117d ago

Sophie Rebecca 🏳️‍⚧️🩰

@sophiedancer.co.uk

Wow look at all those allies in there to defend us. To the MP’s that have told me there was no appetite to roll back trans rights a giant FUCK YOU. You liars, I hope you’re all voted out

98d ago

TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙🦋🐸

@tallyannae.bsky.social

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers. www.them.us/story/zohran...

78d ago

Karolyn

@etcandsoforth.bsky.social

We can no longer visit family in the UK because of the huge rollback of trans rights. It’s no longer safe for a trans person to pee — under your government — and you’re wishing people ‘Happy Pride.’ The goddamn audacity.

127d ago

Rootbeercutiebooty

@rootbeercutie.bsky.social

Pride Month starts today, so join @mugiwarajm.bsky.social and me for some early Metaphor! Don't forget, we're raising money for the Transgender Law Center. Fundraiser ends at the end of June! #pride #transrights www.twitch.tv/rootbeercuti...

68d ago

Fergus Murray

@oolong.co.uk

You're in the Labour Party of Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson, and you've never once posted the word 'trans' here while your government casually burns decades-old human rights to the ground. Maybe just don't say anything about Pride. Nobody likes a pinkwasher.

98d ago