Monday marked International Trans Day of Visibility.

Demonstrators gathered throughout the city to support the community and oppose recent rollback by the federal government regarding trans rights.

“I woke up, and I was visible today and we’re celebrating that. So I bought flowers,” Harlem resident Ignacia Mercado said.

Mercado stumbled upon demonstrators who gathered at Washington Square Park to rally in support of the community.

“As a community, as people who are seen as weak, we need to be strong and protect ourselves and our siblings,” Ailis Tyra, a Connecticut resident, said.

In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has rolled back trans rights and references across the federal government.

Those executive orders impacting trans people living in New York who have some of the strongest protections in the nation.

Protests gathering in recent weeks against removal of references to trans people from government websites, including at the Stonewall National Monument and outside NYU-Langone, after gender transition care for people under 19 was paused at city hospitals due to government funding threats.

On Monday, an Appeals Court judge denied a request from the Trump administration to remove trans people from the military.

“I don’t feel safe, but I still want to come out anyway because I don’t want to be scared and shut down because I don’t think that’s the answer either,” Flatbush resident Corazon Valiente said.

Even Monday’s downpour couldn’t stop members of the trans community and their allies from coming out.

They say recent moves by the federal government will not erase them, and they’ll continue to give themselves flowers to show that every day they’re visible.

“We’re just people, so no matter what sort of fear-mongering you see. However, they want to use the narrative to make us villains. We’re just people. We’re your neighbors, we’re you family members,” Mercado said.