Lamia Beard, Keyshia Blige, London Chanel, India Clarke, Taja DeJesus, Tamara Dominguez, Papi Edwards, K.C. Haggard #TransLiberationTuesday
— Jamie Piperato (@JamiePiperato) August 25, 2015
Today, the hashtag #transliberationtuesday on Twitter is calling for more awareness and the ending of violence against trans individuals, particularly against trans women of color and black trans women. I’ve written previously about the violence that happens to the trans community and how that violence disproportionately impacts trans women of color (especially black trans women). It’s so important to realize that many of the violent crimes that currently happen against the LGBTQ+ community are in fact against trans women of color.
#TransLiberationTuesday demands end to #violence against #transwomenofcolor http://t.co/AkHFwJHQxg Read Rachel Simon in @RIFuture
— TheRainbowTimes (@therainbowtimes) August 25, 2015
Just in the past eight months of 2015, there have been 20 murders of trans people and most cable and news shows have been ignoring the spike in the murders. Not everyone has been ignoring this issue – Janet Mock has been discussing this issue and read the names of those who have died while serving as a substitute co-host for Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC. But that doesn’t make up for the fact that the issue is largely absent from many other news shows.
Thank you @janetmock for bringing the names of the 17 trans WOC we’ve lost this year into homes across the nation pic.twitter.com/h4EDQJ7Z5g
— JamesMichael Nichols (@jamesnichols) August 25, 2015
Learn her name #TransLiberationTuesday #Oakland pic.twitter.com/ZaNe5EnpLU
— Zoé S. (@ztsamudzi) August 25, 2015
There are several actions across the U.S. today that are calling for trans liberation and the end of violence. And if you can’t make it to any of these actions – there are other things to do. Support organizations that help house and provide resources to trans women, support trans women directly, call out transmisogyny when you see it or hear it. These are of course just some of the things we can do to support trans women of color right now.