Transgender Awareness Week #TAW12 and Transgender Day of Remembrance #TDOR
Transgender Awareness Week #TAW12 and Transgender Day of Remembrance #TDOR
November 12 – 20 individuals and organizations around the country will participate Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people, and address the issues these communities face. The final day of Transgender Awareness Week is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. You can read more about Transgender Awareness Week and the Transgender Day of remembrance below, and find out how you can participate. More about Transgender Awareness Week >>
Trans People Speak
I AM: Trans People Speak is a campaign created by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and sponsored by GLAAD to raise awareness about the diversity of transgender communities. It will lift the voices of transgender individuals, as well as their families, friends, and allies. GLAAD has four new videos that are part of the "I AM: Trans People Speak" video series. Watch them now, then share!
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Laverne Cox
Noah Lewis
Kit Yan
What is Transgender Awareness Week?
Transgender Awareness Week is a time for transgender people and their allies, to take action and bring attention to this community by educating the public and advancing advocacy around the issues that transgender people face.
What is the Transgender Day of Remembrance?
The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor her memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Participate in the Transgender Day of Remembrance by attending or organizing a vigil on November 20 to honor all those whose lives were lost to anti-transgender violence that year. Vigils are typically hosted by local transgender advocates or LGBT organizations, and held at community centers, parks, places of worship and other venues. The vigil often involves reading a list of the names of those who died that year. See the TDOR website at www.transgenderdor.org.
Resources for media/bloggers
- Check out GLAAD's Media Reference Guide
- Check out GLAAD's resource kit for journalists covering Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Check out GLAAD Blog posts about transgender issues
- Double Victimized: Reporting on Transgender Victims of Crime.
More information
- Learn more about transgender people at GLAAD's resource page
- Check out the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition's Transgender Awareness Week
- Go to GLAAD's Transgender Day of Remembrance page
- Check out GLAAD Blog posts about transgender issues
- Watch videos as part of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition's Trans People Speak video series
- Find out more about Transgender Day of Remembrance at www.transgenderdor.org
- See the list of people who died because of anti-transgender violence in 2012
Other resources
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GLAAD's Recent Work on Transgender Issues
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