I didn’t see anyone mention it here or over on blahaj and the first I’ve heard of it was from a massive lib I know that just recently came out. So I was wondering.

  • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]English
    12•2 years ago

    Oh, it’s this week? I wasn’t aware. (ba dum tss)

    The event is probably a good thing. Many people’s only knowledge of trans people is from sports news and internet pornography, neither of which paint us in a good light. Trans people self-advocating and being visible (at minimum) is necessary.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]English
      11•2 years ago

      Imagining Woof with his pockets stuffed full of those overpriced grocery store specialty cheeses and jams, while a giant red arrow points downward with the word “TRANSGENDER” blinking directly above it.

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]English
    18•2 years ago

    Makes it a bugger to hide for seven days, gotta hold back on the sneaky stuff during transgender awareness week.

    Serious head for a second: I always forget it’s a thing, no-one cares about it in my local queer community and I rarely see it mentioned online.

    Transgender awareness weak kelly

    • magi [null/void]English
      8•2 years ago

      Ace awareness week is like tumbleweeds in places too, it’s sad that people aren’t more vocal or spread more awareness on things. It’s important to make people aware and to get them thinking.

  • ashinadash [she/her]English
    12•2 years ago

    This year is the first I’m hearing about it, ngl. Maybe an attempt to have something a little less grim than Trans Remembrance Day? These “awareness weeks” do not seem to be going that well though…

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]English
    29•2 years ago

    Ironically, no cis person seems to be aware of transgender awareness week before it’s already on the news. I really do not see how this can be a co-opted event, this isn’t a pride month main attraction that corporations latch onto for some cheap pinkwashing, it’s a small number of trans people freezing their asses off while they hold a candlelight vigil in shitty November weather. Yes, people itt rightfully criticize that liberal activism stops at the awareness stage, but that doesn’t mean you do not need activism aimed at creating awareness, it just means you should ultimately move beyond it to organizing and finally action. Given how incredibly ignorant and actively disinformed people are about trans issues, i wouldn’t outright discard any awareness campaign around a trans issue, particularly not one that centers on remembrance of those who’ve been violently taken from us by transphobia.

    Also, i’m kinda worn out by this idea that people here only love their trans comrades. My support of trans rights isn’t conditional on somebody being not a lib, trans rights are human rights and are non-negotiable.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]English
    5•2 years ago

    I use TAW as an excuse to talk about trans issues with people I’m not out to. This year I wrote about a manga written by a trans woman called Boku ga Watashi ni Naru Tame ni; I wrote some more about the intersection of the trans and autistic communities; and I have a few more essays that I want to finish and share either today or on TDOR.

  • Timberknave [none/use name]English
    5•2 years ago

    The text I translated was as part of trans awareness week. I just try to see it without too much judgement. Ok, we get some lights up, some people see us, we get to talk, sometimes the liberals do it, sometimes the commies do it. Important thing is that the only thing that’s worse than not being seen is being seen and then ignored, so you gotta push past that imo. (Very hot take, ik) How you do depends on your local conditions, ig.