A grassroots coalition of LGBTQ+ organizations and activists will gather in Orlando this weekend to join the “National March to Protect Trans Youth and Speak Out for Trans Rights.” The Orlando iteration of the march happens noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at the corner of Orange Avenue and Anderson Street near City Hall. Some major aims of the march are to garner support for reversal of Gov. DeSantis’ bans on trans healthcare, bathroom use and Black and queer education in schools; to expand Medicaid and SNAP benefits; to drop charges against the “Tampa 5”; to make free and legal abortions accessible, and more.