Trans Day of Visibility 2022

The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House ...

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Today and all year long, CAPE stands firm in reiterating its support and is taking a moment to celebrate their resilience and achievements.

Trans Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate trans joy and uplift trans lives in the midst of ongoing fatal violence and legislative attacks ...

In November 2021, ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance, the HRC Foundation released “ An Epidemic of Violence: Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in 2021,” a heartbreaking report honoring the trans people killed and detailing the contributing and motivating factors that lead to this tragic violence. Transgender and non-binary people continue to face legislative and executive attacks across the United States. So far, in 2022, HRC is tracking 583+ pieces of potentially LGBTQ+-related legislation and, of those, atlmore than 310 are anti-LGBTQ+, and more than 135+ are specifically anti-transgender bills. While TDOV represents a much-needed opportunity to celebrate trans joy and uplift trans lives, we must pause to acknowledge the ongoing epidemic of violence against transgender and non-binary people, especially against Black and Brown transgender women. Further, it identifies how media sources may either intentionally, or inadvertently, perpetuate stigma towards trans and non-binary people in the stories that they cover and the way they cover them. HRC & other advocates also use the day to raise awareness around discrimination and violence that trans people still face. Iowa, South Dakota, and Utah have enacted laws this year that ban transgender girls from participating in sports, and seven other pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation await action by governors in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Additionally, last month, Texas Gov. Abbott and Texas Attorney General Paxton took unprecedented steps to prevent transgender youth from accessing best-practice, age-appropriate, medically necessary, gender-affirming care by threatening to charge parents and medical care providers of transgender children with child abuse.

With all the hatred in the world, allies need to stand up and show up for transgender people.” — NUPGE Secretary-Treasurer, Bert Blundon Equality and Human ...

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of Canada's largest labour organizations with over 400,000 members. Canada is not immune to the rising wave of anti-transgender rhetoric. The fight for equal rights for transgender people and gender-expansive people is far from over. Based in Canada, Egale also has numerous resources on pronouns, inclusive language, sharing transgender experiences, workshops, and training. She has been accused multiple times of selectively boosting replies to her tweets that agree with her position, despite the overwhelming majority of replies telling her she’s harming the transgender community. Ottawa (March 31, 2022) — First celebrated in 2009, Transgender Day of Visibility was created by transgender activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker to celebrate and empower transgender people.

Below are two Pennsylvania-based LGBTQ centers putting in the work to eliminate discrimination and support transgender and non-binary individuals through ...

With the International Transgender Day of Visibility marked on Thursday, two-spirit Métis elder Charlotte Nolin writes, "I let our young relatives know that ...

My journey brought me back to the medicines, the ceremonies and a good way of life. This lasted one and a half years, in which I returned into the gutter of that dark world. In 2008, I became a single parent when my third wife passed away at the age of 47. I also found myself, at the age of 40, in regards to my Indigenous identity. Creator had other plans for me and so I was given the opportunity to change my life. I devoted my life to protecting children and Indigenous families.

The Biden administration is marking the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday with a series of measures in support of transgender ...

"Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know, and our Nation and the world are stronger, more vibrant, and more prosperous because of them. These bills are wrong," Biden's Wednesday proclamation said. is held every year on November 20 to memorialize the transgender people who have lost their lives as a result of anti-transgender violence, TDOV is a day dedicated to honor and empower the lives of transgender and nonbinary people. , or TDOV, was founded in 2009 by Rachel Crandall, a Michigan-based transgender activist and the executive director of Transgender Michigan. It was started as a day of awareness to celebrate the successes of transgender and gender-nonconforming people and is an important day for the LGBTQ community. To transgender Americans of all ages, I want you to know that you are so brave. And the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will release new materials aimed at addressing challenges transgender youth may face in schools and in mental health care.

In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, here are some trans and non-binary authors to support all year long.

With Texas blocking trans youths’ access to healthcare and anti-trans health and educational bills popping up in over a dozen states, the 2022 Trans Day of Visibility feels extra important. Since 2009, March 31 has marked the International Transgender Day of Visibility. It was started by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a transgender activist and psychotherapist living in Michigan, as a day to celebrate the lives of trans people while still acknowledging the systematic discrimination that trans people face. Every item is independently selected by the HuffPost Shopping team.

Martha poses for a portrait at the Napalese Lounge and Grille in Green Bay. Martha. GREEN BAY - Vigils, memorials and solemn gatherings used to be the only ...

"I had no idea how eager and ready the Green Bay community was to affirm the LGBTQ+ community." She remembers one or two asked her if it was OK for them to shop in her boutique and that it made her sad to think they felt the need to ask. "They know it's a safe place they can bring their items and change before they go down the street," Johnson said. "After a while of being out all night drinking, I realized the ridiculousness of all that," Williams said. "I learned to be a boy, I guess, against my wishes. Williams, 52, has shuttled in and out of her identity for as long as she can remember. "International day of trans visibility is a way to say that the binary system is not real," Martha M., who for her safety isn't using her full name, said. "I was stuck in the wrong body. That reality came rushing back many years later as she appraised her look for her first night on the town the "Nap," as Martha now calls it. She could go out as Martha to the Napalese Lounge, an LGBTQ+ bar that posed far less threat than a run-of-the-mill bar in Green Bay. "It was just too scary to risk going out in Green Bay," Martha, who is 72, said. Michigan-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker founded and organized Transgender Day of Visibility in 2009 after recognizing the need to celebrate trans lives.

Dozens gathered on University Ave. to honor the lives of transgender and non-binary people and their fight for visibility.

As the fight over gender-affirming care for minors in Texas has picked up speed, some transgender Texans are thinking about how to use their own voices to ...

While most of their TDOV plans center around advocacy work for the ACLU, they also plan to meet a friend who offered to buy them breakfast for the day. “I have to take breaks from the news,” she said. Since 2020, the day has been accompanied with a growing sense of dread and urgency, they said. For TDOV, she makes leis — symbols of hope and welcoming — to give to her friends and family. “It makes me feel like I can be the kind of person that I needed as a kid,” he said in an interview. This year, aside from attending the April 2 rally, she plans to highlight in social media posts how fights surrounding trans rights in Texas and other states have “gotten significantly worse.” Celebrating herself is also an important part of the day. Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), celebrated annually on March 31, is a moment to celebrate the lives of trans people and to raise awareness of injustices they face. Kramer, 44, who lives in Austin with her wife and two kids and works as an engineering manager, said that TDOV is important to her because of the examples set by others. “The shame drives people in both communities to death long before we reach out to others, and quite often. Being visible, including on TDOV, reassures Noor Pervez, a 26-year-old nonbinary trans person, that he is doing something for the next generation of trans kids. Johnson has frequently testified against anti-trans bills, especially last year, when Texas saw an avalanche of legislative attacks on gender-affirming care and access to school sports for trans youth.