Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance
This week – the week leading up to Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) – is Trans Awareness Week. This is a time dedicated to increasing visibility and awareness of transgender communities, their resilience and the ongoing discrimination they encounter. We have created a non-exhaustive list of events, resources, and voices to amplify visibility and understanding.
Thanks to all for their commitments, honouring and organization of events and vigils for Trans Day of Remembrance, including the Gender Variant Working Group, Waterloo Region.
Credit to Raquel Willis
Please share widely, and help us add to this list so that it will remain a source of knowledge and support for all weeks of the year. Email janessa.good@uwaterloo.ca to add to this list!
Local Waterloo Events and Vigils
- November 18: Trans Day of Remembrance 2020: Open Mic hosted by The Gender Variant Working Group
- November 20: Trans Day of Remembrance 2020: Waterloo Vigil
Other Events and Vigils
- November 19: Affirming Adults in the School Community: Strengthening LGBTQI2S Support Systems that Meet the Moment
- November 20: Trans Day of Remembrance 2020, hosted by Ryerson University's SexGen York Committee
Local Resources:
- Spectrum, Community Space for LGBTQ2+
- Plan B Coop KW
- OK2BME
- Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office: Get Support | Give Support
- Equity Office: Get Support
Voices, Past and Present:
- Marsha P Johnson Institute
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, Film (Netflix): Watch the trailer
- LGBTQ2+ OutLoud (video series)
- Trans Day of Remembrance Website
Know Your Rights:
- Ontario Human Rights Commission: Policy on preventing sexual and gender-based harassment - Summary (fact sheet)
- Trans Equality Canada
- Equity Office Resources
Affirming Community Spaces and Resources:
- Trans Life Line: 1-877-330-6366
- Facts, Figures and Graphics from Trans Student Educational Resources
- TrevorSpace, an affirming international community for LGBTQ young people ages 13-24
- LGBTQ2+ Parenting Network
- Gender Creative Kids Canada
- The Genderbread Person (graphic)
- University of Toronto, Sexual & Gender Diversity Office: Trans Day of Remembrance
- Trans PULSE Canada Report: Health and ell-being among racialized trans and non-binary people in Canada
Show Your Support:
Demonstrate your support for Trans Day of Remembrance by downloading and using a virtual background (zip.) (sized for Microsoft Teams and Zoom).
