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...