Next week is Transgender Awareness Week:
Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the trans community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.
With anti-trans discrimination and violence such virulent aspect of the US election, this year’s marking is more important than ever.
Not Losing You is a “national PSA/micro-movie supporting trans and LGBTQ youth amid relentless anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation” from filmmaker James Lantz:
Parents can play such an important role in supporting their trans kids. As the father of a trans woman, I’m viscerally aware of the prejudices, fears, and assumptions I carry inside myself, and the importance of confronting them.
I saw myself in the movie.
The single most helpful support for me as a parent supporting Olivia has been Transforming Family, a California-based support organization. Every month I facilitate a Zoom call for the parents and caregivers of autistic trans children; the people I’ve met there, the solidarity we’ve cultivated, the support they’ve offered, has been transformative.
During this important week, I encourage you to support the work of Transforming Family and similar organizations; their work is vital.
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it's Important Now than…
it's Important Now than Later because of this Anti-Trans Rhetoric coming from the Right Wing Leaders like Trump.
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