The Fourth Annual TransParent Day
By  Sharon Brackett

http://www.baltimoregaylife.com/features/item/723-the-fourth-annual-transparent-day

In 2009 when we had our first TransParent Day there were no formal celebrations.

The day had been concocted by myself and my dear friend from Minnesota, Erica Fields, a few months before. We had descended on the Southern Comfort Conference, an annual transgender conference in Atlanta, Ga., in September 2009 to guerrilla market the idea using our pink, white, and blue wristbands. I wear one as I write this and do so daily. So do many others. That week we distributed 300 wristbands at our own expense to "cloud seed" the idea. Since that date we have distributed more than 2,500 of them throughout the USA and even internationally.

Upon occasion when traveling I will meet a new person who has some trans aspect to their lives. Maybe their parent is trans, or they have a trans child, or they are trans themselves. And to my delight I see them sporting a wristband. I will ask them, "What is that?" Invariably they will proudly inform me that it is for TransParent Day, a holiday for trans parents and their families, like Mother's Day or Father's Day. I say, "Neat, when is that?" They answer, "the first Sunday in November." Then I ask, "Who started that?" And they say, "I am not sure."

I am always happy with that answer, as it means the idea was bigger than me and Erica.

This is great! My son has been worried about how he will celebrate me. He does not want to do it on Father's day because I am a woman, and he does not want to do it on Mother's day because it will upset his mother. I contacted them to see if they are going to make any more wrist bands. I would love to get one!

Gee, to bad both of my parents are deceased...may be I need to get adopted