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Honor Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance is a time for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate, uplift and honor our trans community.
By publicly demonstrating support while challenging anti-trans legislation and negative rhetoric, we can turn our solidarity as LGBTQ+ people and allies into a collective power to advance equality and justice.
Transgender Awareness Week
While most of the discussion of trans folks online can often be centered on negativity, Transgender Awareness Week gives us the opportunity to uplift positive and insightful stories of trans people across the country.
Celebrate Our Stories & Get Empowered
Trans Stories are Everyone’s Stories
Watch a heartwarming film and discover, in just 7 minutes, how you can help create a world where Daniel has the freedom to be himself.
Watch Here
Celebrating Changemakers
We share the stories of changemakers from the transgender and gender non-conforming community to uplift their successes and to ensure positive representation.
Read Their Stories
Tell YOUR Story
Storytelling helps us shift narratives, expand support, and change policies. Have a personal story you’d like to share with us? Fill out our survey!
Share Your Story
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Play the video: Ciora Thomas: Serving and Advocating for my Local Black Trans Community -
Play the video: How House Music Helped Her Find Community -
Play the video: Daniel Really Suits You -
Play the video: Tips for Inclusive Language around Reproductive Rights by The Trans Journalists Association -
Play the video: BIPOC Parents of Transgender Youth Reflect on Their Journey -
Play the video: Hateful Legislation Is Forcing Parents of Trans And Non-Binary Kids Consider Leaving Their State -
Play the video: Meet the Girl Who Lawmakers Want to Ban From Playing Sports -
Play the video: Debunking Myths about Transgender Athletes -
Play the video: Three Kisses -
Play the video: A Reading of "CALVIN" and Panel Discussion
Resources from HRC
From barriers in receiving medical treatment, discriminatory housing and employment practices to a lack of adequate representation, trans folks continue to face many challenges.
Below are a few of the resources we’ve created to support and advocate for our trans community.
Support Grassroots Trans Advocacy
Supporting trans equality starts locally. Whether you’re looking to support or you're actively looking for resources yourself, take a look around and see what's near you!
Here's a list of groups we have worked with in the past to help get you started.
| Organization | Summary | Website Link |
|---|---|---|
| Arianna’s Center | At Arianna's Center we are the only service and advocacy organization with the mission of supporting and empowering transgender women of color in Florida, Puerto Rico, or wherever there is a need for such service. | Visit Website |
| Black Trans Advocacy Coalition | We are here and happy to assist transgender people get the resources they need free of discrimination | Visit Website |
| Brave Space Alliance | Brave Space Alliance (BSA) is an LGBTQ+ focused Center on Chicago's South Side that welcomes and serves all who come through our doors. | Visit Website |
| Black Transmen of Ohio | A safe, supportive and empowering home for transmen of color in Ohio. | Visit Website |
| Community Wellness Project - T.W.I.S.T. | T.W.I.S.T. provides a framework for transgender women to share their lived experiences as a means of recognizing and valuing their social and cultural resilience. | Visit Website |
| Destination Tomorrow | Destination Tomorrow is a grassroots agency and the LGBTQ+ center of the Bronx borough. | Visit Website |
| GALAEI QTBIPOC | Serving the Latinx community while widening our embrace, GALAEI now provides services, support and advocacy for all QTBIPOC communities. | Visit Website |
| Inside Out Youth Services | We build access, equity, and power with LGBTQIA2+ youth, ages 13-24. | Visit Website |
| Life is Work | Life Is Work is a trans-led organization that educates, empowers, and organizes TLGBQ+ people from diverse backgrounds to secure safety, wellness, and justice for all. | Visit Website |
| Nationz Foundation RVA | Nationz’s mission is to support the Greater Richmond LGBTQIA+ community with HIV and STI testing, linkage to care, and access to holistic wellness services. | Visit Website |
| The Queer Trans Project | A Black-led and Trans-led organization in Jacksonville, Florida centered on urgently delivering essential supplies and assistance to help combat dysphoria and promote dignified, safe, private, and empowered living. | Visit Website |
| Save Our Sisters United | Save Our Sisters United Inc (S.O.S.U.) works to empower marginalized and gender diverse communities in Texas. | Visit Website |
| Sisters PGH | Sisters PGH supports trans and nonbinary people with housing and supportive services so they can achieve stability, safety, and thriving futures. | Visit Website |
| Thriving Transmen of Color | Assistive health resources, workshops, job & medical referrals, and community events for LGBTQ+ communities. | Visit Website |
| Traction PNW | Our mission is to cultivate connection, visibility, and belonging for transgender and gender-diverse people through service in support of underserved communities. | Visit Website |
| Transinclusive Group | Transinclusive Group advocates for the entire TLGBQ+ community and provides services and support for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Diverse individuals, with a concentrated focus on people of color. | Visit Website |
| TransLatin@ Coalition | Empowering Two-Spirit, Trans, Gender Expansive, and Intersex (2TGI) Communities for 16 years. | Visit Website |
| TransSOCIAL | TransSOCIAL advocates for Trans visibility and unity within TLGBQ+ community. Currently serving the community in Florida and Georgia. | Visit Website |
| Trans Solutions Research & Resource Center | Community Research and Resource Center provides resources, support, and advocacy to help individuals and families overcome barriers and thrive. | Visit Website |
| Unspoken Treasure Society | Providing health services and community resources for LGBTQ+ persons of marginalized communities in GA and FL. | Visit Website |
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Awareness Week leads into Transgender Day of Remembrance, which Gwendolyn Ann Smith initially founded as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman who was murdered in 1998. This is a time to honor those we have lost and advocate for a world where transgender and non-binary people are no longer targets of violence and hate.
Dismantling a Culture of Violence
This resource offers a framework to understand the causes of fatal violence against the trans and gender-expansive community in the United States, focusing on factors at multiple levels of influence.
Learn More
The Epidemic of Violence Report 2024
In this 2024 report, we shed light on the epidemic of violence taking the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people. We remember the individuals who were taken from us and provide an analysis of data we have collected.
Learn More5 Things You Can Do To Support Trans and Non-Binary Folks Every Day
As with anything in life, a good starting point to better understand the matter at hand is to educate yourself. It’s okay to not clearly know what defines being transgender and non-binary, but it’s never okay to assume or, even worse, make false claims.Check out this helpful resource!
We estimate that more than 2 million people in the U.S. identify as trans or non-binary. Trans people are your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers. Trans people face unique challenges. From lack of legal protections to discrimination at the workplace, to truly support trans people, we all need to understand the scope of issues that trans people encounter in their day-to-day lives. Learn more here.
It’s important to always address discrimination, bullying and hate in any situation. Learn to identify instances of discrimination, bullying and hate in the workplace and know how or when you should intervene. If you are a teacher, check out these lessons to help you lead your students in real conversations about the kinds of bullying they really see and hear at school, learning how they can be upstanders to help prevent bullying.
Being a visible and vocal ally can mean many different things to people who are looking to support trans and non-binary people. It’s perfectly okay to be an ally and not have all the answers. You might be worried about speaking up or sharing content when you get asked questions like, “what’s the difference between sex and gender?” or “is gender non-conforming the same thing as being trans?”
Don’t worry, we’ve created a resource to help you! You can find some of them here.
One of the best ways to support trans and non-binary people is by supporting a movement or an organization already doing the work to fight against LGBTQ+ discrimination and inequality. Organizations like ours have many resources that can help you fight against hate and discrimination - find out how to get involved and take action.