2021 Trans Awareness Week Spotlight: Jordana LeSesne
This time of year and Trans Day of Remembrance can be very difficult for me, as unfortunately like too many other trans people I am a survivor of a hate crime that nearly took my life and derailed my career, sending my existence on a totally different trajectory than I ever planned. From a young age I knew I was trans, and much to the dismay of my mother who attempted to block who I was at every turn, it was quite evident. I knew exactly who I was and what I would become despite regular targeted violence and harassment against me. As a youth, I had it all planned out in a diary I kept, and in opposition to my detractors, my life progressed according to my vision.
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2021 Trans Awareness Week Spotlight: Beyonce St. James
I’m a Trans Women🏳️🌈 from New York. I'm 75% Puerto Rican🇵🇷 & 25% African American🇿🇦. I've been a Entertainer for over 18 years. I am the current Miss UTOPIA International (2019-20-21) and the first in history La Femme Magnificent Enhance International 2019-20-21 as well.
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2021 Trans Awareness Week Spotlight: Scarlett DiGiacomo
I have seen a lot change since I began my transition about half my life ago now. In my earliest memories, my gender was mine alone. A secret only I knew. It was a place I could come to for peace. It was not the perception of me which I was named for, it was the truth of me when I was uninhibited by those expectations, a truth that I was told without being told must be kept within. It was my yolk, around which I grew a shell of secrecy, though soft the shell was, and deep and strong my yolk grew.
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Holding Our Community Closer: A November Reflection from Jaelynn Scott
Trans Awareness Week is approaching and we are taking this moment to lift the power and magic of all trans people this month. Since November 1999, we have been celebrating the lives and contributions of transgender persons and the lives lost to us annually in November. While we haven’t been shy naming the violence directed at our community and disproportionately at Black Trans women and femmes, our community feels in this moment that it is equally important to appreciate the gifts of those who are still with us.
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#TransAwarnessWeek - Coming November 15-20, 2021
It is that time of year again where we are approaching #TransgenderAwarenessWeek! For those that do not know, TAW is where organizations and community members raise visibility and amplify the issues of Trans and Gender Diverse people. LRP is #GivingThemFlowers and highlighting Black Trans Women and Femmes across disciplines that we feel haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve.
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