>>> ALL AROUND THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER FOR TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE RESILIENCE OF TRANS-AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE.

AND DESPITE THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN CHICAGO AND OTHERS DOESN'T GATHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ONGOING DISCRIMINATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE FACING.

WE HAVE MORE.

>> Reporter: OUT OF THE CLOSET AND INTO THE STREET.

>> OUT OF THE CLOSET AND INTO THE STREET!

>> THAT'S WHAT DOZENS OF PEOPLE CHANTED.

>> WE MUST TAKE ACTION!

>> Reporter: INTERNATIONAL TRANS-DAY OF VISIBILITY TAKES PLACE EACH YEAR ON MARCH 31st.

FOR 20-YEAR-OLD WINTER DARCY IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND WITH HER COMMUNITY.

>> IT SEEMS NOW TRANS-PEOPLE NEED TO COME OUT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW WE ARE NORMAL.

>> MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: AT THE RALEIGH SPEAKERS RAISED THEIR VOICES ABOUT THE ONGOING BATTLE THOUSANDS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FACE AROUND THE WORLD.

VOLUNTEER BETTY -- SAYS AS A QUUER WOMAN THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER.

>> -- DRACONIAN MEASURES.

I'M THINKING OF PLACES LIKE MISSOURI, IOWA, THE STATE OF INDIANA PEOPLE LIVE THERE THAT ARE GOOD AND POLITICIANS WHO ARE MAKING THINGS MORE DIFFICULT.

>> ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DONATIONS LARGEST LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ORGANIZATION MORE THAN 340 ANTI- LEGISLATIVE BILLS WERE INTRODUCED HERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS INCLUDES 90 BILLS RESTRICTING MEDICAL CARE FOR TRANS-USE.

>> WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU WOULD COME OUT AS TRANS AND SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE CONSIDERED A WOMAN I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT ME WITH PREJUDICES JUST BECAUSE OF THE I WAS BORN WITH.

IT'S A RELIEF AND ONCE THAT OPENS UP IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE THAT UP AGAIN.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZER -- HARTWELL TRANSITIONED FROM FEMALE TO MALE, A JOURNEY HE HOPES INSPIRES OTHERS.

>> THERE WERE ORGANIZATIONS POPPING UP SPECIFICALLY TO ERASE US AND STOP US FROM EXPRESSING OURSELVES, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT'S INSPIRING BECAUSE IT MEANS TRANS-PEOPLE ARE MORE VISIBLE THAN EVER AND THIS IS A REACTION AND FEAR TO PEOPLE WHOSE EXISTENCE IS MAKING OTHER PEOPLE QUESTION THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

>> A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR LOVE AND REJECT HATE IS WHAT HARTWELL SAYS HE WANTS PEOPLE TO WALK AWAY WITH.

>> PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TRANS COMMUNITY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE AND SUFFERING AND PITY DON'T REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE TO MAKE ACTUAL CHANGES.

WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS MORE OF A CELEBRATION LIKE A HOLIDAY, LIKE TRANS-DAY VISIBILITY WHICH IS ABOUT CELEBRATING IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO HOST AN EVENT LIKE THIS ON.

>> Reporter: DARCY IS ABLE TO LIVE IN A CITY SHE SAID HAS MADE HER FEEL SAFE.

>> I'M FROM PENNSYLVANIA OUTSIDE PHILLY AND IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THERE.

HERE I FEEL A LOT MORE ACCEPTED AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A COMMUNITY.

BACK THERE I USED TO LIVE, THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER TRANS PERSON I KNEW.

HERE THERE IS A WHOLE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF US.

>> -- LOSS OF LIFE --