Trans Day of Remembrance

[sistawendy]

Yup, I'm still lucky. I haven't been a victim of job discrimination or violent crime, I haven't considered suicide, and I'm still talking to most members of my extended family, despite being trans. I would hope that other people like me would wonder what we can do to help less lucky trans people — you know, the majority of us.

1. We can be out*. Out to our families, out to our co-workers, out to our neighbors, out to random people who we meet.
2. We can make those people aware that far too many of us aren't the lucky ones.
3. Let people know that we're neither a menace nor the fodder of low-grade comedy, that we are all human beings, and therefore we have the same rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as everyone else.

This is the strategy that cisgendered queers have been using for decades, and it's working.

Mental note: Find a way to deliver "How to Change Sex the Easy Way!" again, get it on video, and upload it where it'll be seen.



*As out as we can be without risking life & limb.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

Would it be appropriate as a TED Talk? There seem to be a lot of those going around these days...

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I did see a TED talk given by a schizophrenic once, but aren't they limited to twenty minutes? I can fill up an hour easily, and I think Q&A is valuable.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

you know, you could write it out as a TED style talk, and do several informal ones with friends, for practice. Then look into doing talks at the local colleges, with Q&A. Rewrite the talk to make it more concise and address the most common questions, and then look into doing it as a TED talk in that way. I believe that they do have discussion on their site for the various talks. And it is my impression that there is still some Q&A from the audiences that is just not part of the film.

conversely, do everything up to the TED talk part and just film it yourself and upload to youtube.