transgender day of remembrance
Today is the officially designated Transgender Day of Remembrance. The local trans group here had a service on Friday, I was debating going with another friend, but we decided not to at the last minute because she really didn't feel like going and being disappointed and depressed. She has to deal with that all the damn time. I felt that getting her out of the house and introducing her to more people she could hang out with was a better use of my time than going to a vigil as well, because I also really didn't feel like crying that much or listening to the names of people I didn't know.
Because I'm lucky, and none of my friends have been seriously hurt or killed or taken their own lives for being trans. I have friends who have been fired from jobs, thrown out of their homes, denied basic rights like being able to use a fucking public bathroom, been estranged from their families, had their lives and the lives of their loved ones threatened for being trans. I spent a good chunk of last night trying to comfort my girlfriend while she struggled with that, and this wasn't even about Day of Remembrance, this is just a thing she has to deal with all the time.
So I'm remembering this today. I hope more people will.
Because I'm lucky, and none of my friends have been seriously hurt or killed or taken their own lives for being trans. I have friends who have been fired from jobs, thrown out of their homes, denied basic rights like being able to use a fucking public bathroom, been estranged from their families, had their lives and the lives of their loved ones threatened for being trans. I spent a good chunk of last night trying to comfort my girlfriend while she struggled with that, and this wasn't even about Day of Remembrance, this is just a thing she has to deal with all the time.
So I'm remembering this today. I hope more people will.