Cease Silence

moononwaters:

notyourkinddear:

brennando:

loveincolororg:

20th of November is International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

International Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who have lost their lives through transphobia. In the first nine months of 2011 there were 116 reported killings of trans people around the world. In Scotland, research shows that 62 percent of transgender people have faced transphobic harassment from strangers and that trans people are 7.7 times more likely to commit suicide than the rest of the population due to the prejudice they experience. 

In addition to remembering and honoring those who we have lost, let’s also think about life today; people who are fighting for trans* rights, trans* allies, and our trans* friends and family. 

Um, how about no.

Let’s NOT center remembrance of trans* allies. How about let’s just remember trans* people today. I think that’s a big enough task and it’s about TRANS* people - not everyone else’s day to be fawned over for being decent human beings. Let’s not talk about non-trans* people who are “fighting for trans* rights” when we can talk about trans* people who are fighting for trans* rights and for trans* lives. Let’s remember those trans* people we have lost, and those trans* people who live and what they have to live with.

^ Mother fucking this. I don’t see Black History Month having a special moment for white abolitionists. Nope.

Lololol NO. NO. We are not remembering trans* allies on TDOR, we are remembering trans* people who died because they were trans*.

(via thedeeface)