Protests continue: Multiple groups march Saturday afternoon; businesses prepare for evening protests

While downtown Durham spent Saturday morning cleaning up after some of Friday night's demonstrations turned to destruction and vandalism, downtown Raleigh saw protesters marching throughout the afternoon. At the same time, some downtown businesses were seen boarding up windows in preparation for more protests expected Saturday evening.

Protesters from multiple groups with multiple causes marched in downtown Raleigh. More protests are expected in the Triangle and in cities across the country on Saturday night.

Trans Liberation NC organized a crowd of around 100 people, who marched through downtown Raleigh protesting state bills that target the transgender community.

Participants are against a bill that would prevent transgender people from receiving medical treatment until age 21.

"One of the extreme bills, SB514, would prohibit transgender people under the age of 21 from receiving essential medical care. The bill would prohibit transgender young people from receiving any trans-affirming care and penalize medical professionals who provide transition-related care," said a representative from Equality NC in a press release.

Equality NC said the bill also requires state employees like teachers or counselors to "out" transgender students to their parents.

Another group was also marching, bringing attention to delays in visa processing.

Organizers said there are unexplained delays in certain types of visas, including spouses of people with H-1-B visas. The wait time went from about 15 days to more than one year.

WRAL has crews monitoring planned gatherings, and will provide updates about any developments in evening protests.