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As We Remember Our Fallen Transgender Friends, Let's Also Remember How Far We've

Started by Shana A, November 21, 2010, 12:36:28 PM

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Shana A

November 21, 2010, 12:36:28 PM
As We Remember Our Fallen Transgender Friends, Let's Also Remember How Far We've Come

http://www.queerty.com/as-we-remember-our-fallen-transgender-friends-lets-also-remember-how-far-weve-come-20101120/

Today is the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, where we take a moment to remember the lives of our fallen trans brothers and sisters, including folks like Angie Zapata and Nanny Boo and Victoria Carmen White (pictured). Bullying and phobia and intolerance are something The Gays know well, but The Ts often live in this hell everyday. But that's not true for everybody: Transgender Americans are making strides worldwide, whether on the basketball court or the sorority house or the workplace, and that's because of increased visibility and the queer community supporting members of our own. I both hate and cherish days like this, because while they are reminders that insufferable bigotry is still very much alive and well — so much so that it claims lives — it's also a chance to lift our heads up to note how far we've actually come.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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