Nov 20 is Trans Day of Remembrance
Did you know UVIC’s Chair in Transgender Studies is a huge local resource for support and learning?
The Chair in Transgender Studies is committed to generating solid reliable information about the real world to drive social change and improve the well-being of Trans, Nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and other gender-diverse people. We support and build healthy communities by facilitating activities of interest to Trans, Nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and other gender-diverse people and their allies.
And this blog: A love song for trans kin - enfleshed by M Barclay
Among all the other hard and beautiful and complicated happenings of November, on the 20th sits the annual ritual of mourning, Trans Day of Remembrance. Like so many rituals that are captured by the attention of the many, I find the day’s public disconnection from its roots and its most critical matters challenging.