Join the California Democratic Party and the CADEM LGBTQ Caucus on Saturday, November 20th from 12:00PM - 1:00PM for a very special event to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance!
The month of November celebrates the transgender and gender nonconforming communities and raises awareness for the community through education and advocacy activities. Transgender Awareness Week is observed November 13-19th as a lead up to November 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Transgender people, allies, and organizations around the world, help raise visibility and address issues such as discrimination, prejudice, and acts of violence members of the transgender community face and to uplift the voices and experiences of the transgender and gender non-conforming (transgender/GNC) community.
TDOR is observed around the world, to honor those who lost their lives as a result of transphobia and anti-trans hatred and is meant to draw attention to the continued acts of violence endured by transgender people. In addition, this day is meant to highlight the importance of seeing transphobic violence as intrinsically connected to race, gender, and class. This is reflected in the disproportionate acts of violence against transwomen of color, predominately in Black and Latinx transgender women. This is also recognized as a day of Trans Resilience.
Ending Transgender Awareness Week 2021, the CDP LGBTQ Caucus is honored to partner with CADEM to host Transgender Day of Remembrance as part of CADEM Celebrates during the fall/winter Executive Board Meeting. Emceed by Caucus Co-Chairs Lester Aponte and Tiffany Woods, we will celebrate, remember, and mourn those taken by transphobia and anti-trans violence while fighting for the living with a conversation with Honey Mahogany, San Francisco Democratic Party Chair, The Honorable Evelyn Stafford Rios, Justice of the Peace, Arkansas, and Dr. Marisa Richmond, Professor of Women’s and Gender History, Middle Tennessee, State University on the impact of anti-trans legislation and how we fight it. This event is free and open to all caucus members and the public. Please join us!
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