{"id":2774,"date":"2024-11-20T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:48:04","slug":"nov-20th-transgender-day-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/2024\/11\/20\/nov-20th-transgender-day-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 20th &#8211; Transgender Day of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5243-1-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2775 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5243-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5243-1-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5243-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5243-1-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>The International Trans Day of Remembrance is next week, on November 20th.\u00a0<\/i><i>It\u00a0is an annual observance that honors the memory of Trans, Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming community members whose lives were taken from acts of violence.<\/i><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2776 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5242.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5242-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/IMG_5242-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">As you may know, the Trans community has been put under a microscope by many government administrations across the world, including Canada. Because of this, many members of the Canadian Trans community have felt an increase in pressure, oppression, and violence.<\/i><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Transgender communities, and in particular Trans People of Colour, face some of the highest rates of violent crime \u2013 with 70% of Trans Youth in Canada experiencing some form of sexual harassment or violence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Transgender and Non-Binary Youth are more than twice as likely to have thought of self-harm in their lifetime compared to those who are cisgender (a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex registered for them at birth)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Stats recently released from Vancouver show an increase of 83 per cent in hate incidents targeting those who are Trans, Non-Binary, Agender or Intersex between December 2022 &amp; December 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2777 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/stats-e1731709271740.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/stats-e1731709271740.png 640w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/stats-e1731709271740-300x136.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/stats-e1731709271740-360x164.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Some things that you can do include:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Normalize not assuming someone\u2019s pronouns &#8211; try wearing pronoun pins or get in the habit of adding pronouns to your introductions<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Review this quick overview of Trans Community-based knowledge and vocabulary:\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAb883d534-9e30-bd55-cd7f-25f2a08b1e93\" class=\"x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/www.queerevents.ca\/education\/transgender\" href=\"https:\/\/www.queerevents.ca\/education\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.queerevents.ca\/education\/transgender<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Read this quick interview which looks at the TDoR from a student point-of-view:\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAaa0160ae-6ff7-e705-8023-15f73a90788d\" class=\"x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/blog\/conversation-about-transgender-day-remembrance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/blog\/conversation-about-transgender-day-remembrance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/blog\/conversation-about-transgender-day-remembrance<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Take some time to get to know the Trans community members we have lost this year:\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAfd83cd6c-7768-3aaa-a074-16393dff2ced\" class=\"x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/tdor.translivesmatter.info\/reports\/tdor2025?country=all&amp;category=all&amp;view=list&amp;filter=\" href=\"https:\/\/tdor.translivesmatter.info\/reports\/tdor2025?country=all&amp;category=all&amp;view=list&amp;filter=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/tdor.translivesmatter.info\/reports\/tdor2025?<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><u><a class=\"x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/tdor.translivesmatter.info\/reports\/tdor2025?country=all&amp;category=all&amp;view=list&amp;filter=\" href=\"https:\/\/tdor.translivesmatter.info\/reports\/tdor2025?country=all&amp;category=all&amp;view=list&amp;filter=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">country=all&amp;category=all&amp;view=list&amp;filter=<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/tdor-webgraphic-footer_en_0_0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/tdor-webgraphic-footer_en_0_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/tdor-webgraphic-footer_en_0_0.png 640w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/tdor-webgraphic-footer_en_0_0-300x162.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2024\/11\/tdor-webgraphic-footer_en_0_0-360x195.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Trans Day of Remembrance is next week, on November 20th.\u00a0It\u00a0is an annual observance that honors the memory of Trans, Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming community members whose lives were taken from acts of violence. As you may know, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/2024\/11\/20\/nov-20th-transgender-day-of-remembrance\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6197,"featured_media":2779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2782,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions\/2782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}