Transgender Awareness Week (November 13-19) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20)
Posted November 13, 2021Transgender Awareness Week (November 13-19)
Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. Find out how you can participate.
Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), 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. According to the Washington Post, 2021 has been the deadliest year on record for transgender and nonbinary people.
Pacific AETC stands with the transgender community and is committed to improving access to gender affirming and trauma-informed HIV care and services for transgender individuals. Learn more about HIV and Transgender people with the CDC’s comprehensive fact sheet.
Our close collaborator, UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, has a longstanding commitment to community and provider education and capacity building activities. Learn more about their work.
Fenway Health has created a series of infographics featuring statistics about the experiences of transgender and gender diverse people. Here are a few of them:
