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April 7, 2022 by Caitlin McLean



Caitlin McLean / The Hoya | Around two dozen Georgetown community members gathered at the university’s front gates to oppose transphobic protesters.

When Siena Hohne (COL ’22) discovered transphobic protesters had gathered outside of Georgetown University’s front gates, she immediately put on her “Homo Saxa” sweatshirt and brought a speaker to the front gates, where she blared Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way.”

Hohne was joined by around two dozen other Georgetown community members to oppose a group of protesters from the anti-LGBTQ organization American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (American TFP). Around 11 TFP representatives had gathered around noon April 4 outside Georgetown’s front gates at 37th and O St. NW, holding signs that read “God created them Male & Female. Stop the ravages of transgender ideology.”

With origins dating back to 1971, the American TFP, which is part of a larger international TFP, describes itself as “an organization of lay Catholic Americans concerned about the moral crisis shaking the remnants of Christian civilization,” according to the group’s website. TFP did not respond to The Hoya’s request for comment.

Hohne, former co-president of GU Pride, said it is important that students joined the counterprotest to stand in solidarity with transgender people, especially given the rise of anti-trans bills being introduced across the country.

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