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I'm feeling this #TransDayOfRemembrance 
more deeply than years past.
There's been so much death this year. It dominates the public conscious. And trans people slip through so many cracks -- cracks *designed* to swallow us. I worry for the community more than ever these days.
more deeply than years past.There's been so much death this year. It dominates the public conscious. And trans people slip through so many cracks -- cracks *designed* to swallow us. I worry for the community more than ever these days.
This is the first Day of Remembrance where I can say, I knew some of the people we lost. And tragically, we seemed to lose one after the other over a short span there this summer. I didn't know them well but they were a positive part of my life regardless. And I miss them.
I did not know @eatenbyawhale and @Sarah_Samedi well enough to call them friends. We never really talked one on one. But I miss them all the time. My heart goes out to their loved ones. They were cherished, by those close and those afar.
I worry all the time about the trans friends I made over the last year who disappeared online everywhere I look. I try not to think about them slipping through one of those cracks. I want to hope that they're happy though far away and out of contact.
But I worry.
But I worry.
Suicide haunts the trans community. Poor healthcare, job, and housing protections endanger us, especially so during a pandemic.
And then there's the violence, which disproportionally affects trans POC.
And then there's the violence, which disproportionally affects trans POC.
In 2020, at least 37 trans people were murdered. I say 'at least' because we don't know the true number. Some of the dead will go misreported. Even among the known 37, some were misidentified and misgendered in death.
Their names were Dustin Parker, Neulisa Luciano Ruiz, Yampi MĂ©ndez Arocho, Scott/Scottlynn Devore, Monika Diamond, Lexi, Johanna Metzger, Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos, Layla Pelaez Sánchez, PenĂ©lope DĂaz RamĂrez, Nina Pop, Helle Jae O’Regan, Tony McDade, Riah Milton...
...Dominique “Rem'mie” Fells, Jayne Thompson, Selena Reyes-Hernandez, Brian 'Egypt’ Powers, Brayla Stone, Merci Mack, Shaki Peters, Bree Black, Summer Taylor, Marilyn Cazares, Dior H Ova, Queasha D Hardy, Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears, Lea Rayshon Daye, Kee Sam, Aerrion Burnett...
...Mia Green, Michelle Michellyn Ramos Vargas, Felycya Harris, Brooklyn Deshuna, Sara Blackwood, Angel Unique, and Yunieski Carey Herrera.
You can read more about who they were and how they were tragically taken from us here https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020
You can read more about who they were and how they were tragically taken from us here https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020
I love this community. I love my friends and I feel lucky to be in your presence, even if it is just digitally this year. You make my world better.
I'm sorry things have been and continue to be so hard, dark, and scary.
I wish to know you in better days than these.
I'm sorry things have been and continue to be so hard, dark, and scary.
I wish to know you in better days than these.
Being trans can and should be a bright and beautiful thing. Sometimes I regret that Remembrance is the trans day most widely viewed by the world, because I want the world to care more about us when we're still alive, too. To see that brightness. To know us.
We're not alone in this life. We build off the experiences, losses, and triumphs of others. We're all on this difficult journey together.
Today we remember those we lost on the journey, because they mattered. And you matter. And we matter.
Lots of love to you all.
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Today we remember those we lost on the journey, because they mattered. And you matter. And we matter.
Lots of love to you all.
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