Honoring Transgender Awareness Week

 "Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face.

The week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)Links to an external site., is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year. 2021 marks the most deadly year recordedLinks to an external site.with at least 45 transgender people, most of them Black or Latinx, killed." 

Continue reading more from GLAADLinks to an external site. about Transgender Awareness Week and the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and find out how you can participate.



Please join our SOMA community for the 7th annual local observance in memory and action during Transgender Day of Remembrance, this Saturday, November 20th at 11:30am. Meet at the Village Hall South Orange (outside near flagpole); this event is Co-sponsored by Village of South Orange and Township of Maplewood.

Trans and Non-binary students Resource: GLSEN has released a new research brief 
"Improving School Climates for Trans and Nonbinary Youth”. 
This brief illustrates the experiences of transgender and nonbinary students
in K-12 schools by describing trans and nonbinary students’ experiences with hostile school climate, examining trans and nonbinary students’ reports of access to school supports, and whether and how these supports provide benefits specifically to this population of students. 


Four ways to support Trans students of color LINK

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) held on November 20 is a national (and international) day to remember those we have lost to anti-trans violence.  2021 was a record breaking year with mote then 180 anti-trans bills across the country and violence towards the trans community. 

In the United States in 2021, 47 known transgender and non-binary identified persons were killed marking the highest rate recorded and unfortunately we heard of two more lost to violence just this week and are still waiting confirmation.  #saytheirnames

How to be a better ally and support Transgender and Non-binary students, families, friends and staff:  
Pronoun Guide 

Transgender and Non-binary children books to help adults understand

Trans and Non-binary centered books 

Trans and Non-binary children picture books 

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