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Scores of people attended a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility in Lisbon, Portugal. Demonstrators held flags during the march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility in Lisbon and poster in the foreground reading in Portuguese, "We are all Gisbertas," referring to Gisberta Salce, a trans woman who was brutally murdered by a group of teenagers 18 years earlier in Portugal.

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Portugal: Scores Of People Celebrate International Transgender Day | In Pics
Portugal Transgender Day | Photo: AP/Armando Franca

A demonstrator wears a tattoo on their back during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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An attendee carries a Blahaj, the IKEA stuffed toy that has become a Transgender icon, during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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An attendee flips open a fan while dancing on the street during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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People take part in a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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A demonstrator waves a Transgender flag during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon. The poster in the foreground reads in Portuguese, "We are all Gisbertas," referring to Gisberta Salce, a trans woman who was brutally murdered by a group of teenagers 18 years earlier in Portugal.

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An attendee carries a Transgender flag during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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An activist shouts slogans into a megaphone in front of Lisbon's City Hall during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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A musician plays a drum decorated with the colors of the Transgender flag during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, in Lisbon, Portugal.