Transgender Awareness Week 2025: Reflection, Resistance, and the Right to Exist
Content Note: This post discusses anti-trans discrimination, legislation, and violence, as well as stories of resilience and love.
When I think about courage, I think about my sister Desiree. Long before Transgender Awareness Week became a trending hashtag or a moment on the calendar, she was living the kind of truth that most people only talk about in theory. She came out to me not with fanfareā¦
I did this comic for the ALAN Review, the perdiodical for the NCTE, and they wound up putting it on the cover! Iāve posted the individual panels here for ease of reading.
2022 U.S. TRANS SURVEY -- survey open through 5th-dec [date of post is 1st-dec]
FROM: U.S. Trans Survey Team @ National Center for Transgender Equality
We are writing to let you know that the U.S. Trans Survey closes on December 5. If youāre trans and havenāt gotten a chance to take the survey, we encourage you to do so today so your voice can be heard!Ā
We want to let everyone know who trans people are and what we experience living in the United States. We are seeking thousands of trans people nationwide to give about 60 minutes of their time to take our survey. By taking the survey and sharing your story, we can build more understanding of the trans community at this time when so many of us are misunderstood.Ā
Click here to take the survey now.
https://www.ustranssurvey.org/
And if you have any questions, please reach out at [email protected].
Sincerely,
The U.S. Trans Survey Team
https://transequality.org/
San Francisco pastor Megan Rohrer has become the first openly transgender person to be elevated to the role of bishop in a major Christian denomination in the US
Tomorrow is the National Day on Writing, an annual event founded by the National Council of Teachers of English because, in their words, āwriting needs greater attention and celebration.ā We couldnāt agree more, so to celebrate, we want to know why you write! Share what fuels your creative fire with #WhyIWrite. Here are a few of our favorite answers so far:
From Instagram user alexandrasendas:Ā
I write because I like being creative and seeing my imagination come to life š
From Instagram user barbiedollnbear:
I write because itās my passion. The words donāt always come out when I want them to but when they do, itās the best feeling in the world.
From Twitter userĀ Ken Coomesā:
I write to explore personal growth; in my characters, in my readers, in myself.
From Twitter user Kalokairi Nekoā:
I write because no one else writes the stories I want to read about the topics I'm interested in, with characters I can relate to
From Twitter user RubenOrnate1405:
I write because I feel I have potential in doing it!!!
From Twitter userĀ E.G. Stoneā:
I write because the words run through my veins like ink, and they make the world real
From Twitter userĀ Chyonaā:Ā
I write because it is what I love to do. I've loved coming up with stories since I was 7 and even more so once I started writing them down and sharing them with friends and family the next year. Ā The characters in my story are family to me and their stories deserve to be shared.
From Instagram user commonplace_joy:
I write to have the kinds of fluid conversation with paper that I often shy away from with peopleāabout those topics from the dark hallways of my soul or the highest pinnacles of my dreams. I write to convey my truest self even though no one may ever read it. I write for release and catharsis, to express my hopefulness, deconstruct my despair and capture emotions that are so heavy only paper can hold them.
