Trans Day of Visibility 2023
Here's how to take action today.
As we celebrate trans lives and experiences today, it’s important to remember that many trans folks must balance visibility with their personal safety. There is still much more to be done to ensure the liberation of all trans folks, particularly for trans folks who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour and trans folks with disabilities.
Our faculty would like to mark TDOV 2021 with a call to collective action, to take up this work together and ensure that TDOV doesn’t mean visibility for some trans folks, but rather liberation for ALL trans folks!
Get Started in the Work!
Read!
>> The National Center for Transgender Equality’s resource on: “Supporting the Transgender People in Your Life: A Guide to Being a Good Ally”
Davy Shlasko’s small book Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People in Our Lives
Kai Cheng Thom’s “Trans Visibility Does Not Equal Trans Liberation”
Watch!
>> Two Spirit Healing and Teachings with Harlan Pruden and Jesse Dame
>> Ivan Coyote on why we need non gendered bathrooms
>> Jackson Bird on How to Talk and Listen to Transgender People
Support trans & gender diverse artists!
Take Action!
Calgary:
Their mission is to connect trans and gender diverse youth, adults, and families with comprehensive and low barrier access to the support they need and deserve.
courtesy Skipping Stone
YYC Voices are a coalition of Two-Spirit and Racialized LGBTQIA+ and their chosen allies.
courtesy YYC Voices
Edmonton:
The Centre aims to provide quality and timely care to the transgender, non-binary and gender diverse persons in northern Alberta.
courtesy The Centre
Shades of Colour provide ongoing support for individuals who are seeking community and or struggling with their identities.
courtesy Shades of Colour
Lethbridge:
OUTreach responds to the needs of the two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) communities in Lethbridge and surrounding area
courtesy OUTreach