In a week where many will have heard that a known transphobe is hosting an awards ceremony, the LGB Alliance is trying to evict the T from LGBT and silence trans activism - while being successfuly crowdfunded, a boomer has decided we need to be patient toward transphobes or that South Park is deciding to beat the dead horse over trans athletes, I feel it's important to actually recognise that...
IT'S TRANS AWARENESS WEEK!
Trans awareness week is a week of awareness, teaching and advocacy surrounding trans people and identities. It leads into the International Transgender Day of Rememberance on the 20th November, where we reflect on and remember the many trans individuals whose lives have been lost amid anti-trans violence.
Here's some other news, shares and stories you may have missed or find interesting:
Please share any you may have come across as well.
Below you can find links to a couple of trans-focused community threads on Era.
www.resetera.com
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In closing I want to leave trans members of the forum with the words of Kate Bornstein. A 71yo trans person that has been a strong inspiration of mine recently. Who manages to so eloquently give support to trans individuals while ever respectful of generational differences that arise.
From their recently revised book, initially published in 1994:
"When I first wrote this book language was a big problem. People knew about transexuals. But not many people were talking about the phenomenon of people who are neither men nor women, no matter how they choose to express their gender.To embrace those people (myself included), I borrowed the word transgender. But in many circles today, that word has become simply another word for transsexual — so in my country, the newer and more inclusive word is simply trans.
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Now, if anything you read in this book makes you feel bad or wrong or small and weak then please know I said something wrong. This book was written many years ago, and the culture I wrote it in is not the culture in which you're reading it. So, if you find anything to be personally insulting, please accept my apology and keep reading with the knowledge that your gender identity and how you express your gender are correct only when you feel they are correct.
I'd like you to know that I'm writing this to you at the age of sixty-eight. I'm very old. I may very well be alive as you're reading these words. But if I'm dead, I would be honoured if you call upon me as your ancestor in our mutual journey of gender exploration. I promise you that alive or dead, I will do all that's in my power to help you find and live your destiny."
Trans people aren't new or a fad. We're not something to get used to.
We're people, and many have been fighting for our rights from before most here were born.
Be proud of being who you are. You're beautiful, and you deserve happiness.
IT'S TRANS AWARENESS WEEK!
Trans awareness week is a week of awareness, teaching and advocacy surrounding trans people and identities. It leads into the International Transgender Day of Rememberance on the 20th November, where we reflect on and remember the many trans individuals whose lives have been lost amid anti-trans violence.
Here's some other news, shares and stories you may have missed or find interesting:
Please share any you may have come across as well.
Below you can find links to a couple of trans-focused community threads on Era.
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N O N - B I N A R Y E R A O T 1 | 01101110 01101111 01101110 W E L C O M E A L L This thread will focus on the non-binary peoples of Era, and act as a base for us to come together and discuss, share, shoot the shit... and for anyone else who would like to engage for whatever reason. If...
www.resetera.com
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In closing I want to leave trans members of the forum with the words of Kate Bornstein. A 71yo trans person that has been a strong inspiration of mine recently. Who manages to so eloquently give support to trans individuals while ever respectful of generational differences that arise.
From their recently revised book, initially published in 1994:
"When I first wrote this book language was a big problem. People knew about transexuals. But not many people were talking about the phenomenon of people who are neither men nor women, no matter how they choose to express their gender.To embrace those people (myself included), I borrowed the word transgender. But in many circles today, that word has become simply another word for transsexual — so in my country, the newer and more inclusive word is simply trans.
[...]
Now, if anything you read in this book makes you feel bad or wrong or small and weak then please know I said something wrong. This book was written many years ago, and the culture I wrote it in is not the culture in which you're reading it. So, if you find anything to be personally insulting, please accept my apology and keep reading with the knowledge that your gender identity and how you express your gender are correct only when you feel they are correct.
I'd like you to know that I'm writing this to you at the age of sixty-eight. I'm very old. I may very well be alive as you're reading these words. But if I'm dead, I would be honoured if you call upon me as your ancestor in our mutual journey of gender exploration. I promise you that alive or dead, I will do all that's in my power to help you find and live your destiny."
Trans people aren't new or a fad. We're not something to get used to.
We're people, and many have been fighting for our rights from before most here were born.
Be proud of being who you are. You're beautiful, and you deserve happiness.
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