A group of about 50 protesters demonstrated outside the Missouri Capitol on April 17. They gathered to oppose a number of bills that would bar transgender youth from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity and receiving gender-confirming hormonal or surgical therapy before age 18. Abolitionists @ Mizzou organized the protest, which convened at 2 p.m. on the corner of High Street and Broadway near the Capitol. A few people passed around a pink megaphone and spoke to the crowd about why they thought the bills were transphobic and oppressive. At about 2:20 p.m., the group began their march around the Capitol. They held signs and chanted, “Protect trans kids” and “Trans folks united will never be divided” as they looped around the building and back again.