River: Transgender Day of Remembrance

[mdlbear]

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.

I will confess that I didn't know about it until yesterday, when I followed the link from eftychia's QotD to Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2020: Murdered, Suffocated And Burned Alive – 350 Transgender People Killed In 2020.

Not surprisingly, hate crimes against trans people in the US have been on the rise during the last four years, and with a Trumpist majority on the Supreme Court I'm afraid all the protections GLBTQ folk have gained over the last half-century will soon disappear. Things do not look good.

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Comments

[madfilkentist]

Does it have to be restricted to those who have been murdered? It seems equally valuable to have positive memories about trans people who have touched are lives and are no longer around. I'm thinking of Abby, of course, who was the first I knew personally; others will be able to offer other examples.

[mdlbear]

TDoR seems pretty specific in its intent and format, but there's also a International Transgender Day of Visibility. Which I'm putting on my calendar right now.