The U.S. State Department issued a caution alert, warning U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution related to violence against "LGBTQI+ persons and events.”
Maybe attend a TDoR event this year? I think you are caught up on arguing mode right now, I don’t really care to engage with you in that way.
This is what I said:
Depends where you are in the United States… as well as your race and gender. Trans Day of Remembrance is a thing for a reason.
There is a lot of racialized violence in the US and you can’t deny that, and if you are a trans person of color you are doubly threatened. Trans white people get hate crimed too, but I was pointing out the particular and acute risk for black trans women … who invented TDoR.
It was not celebrated by “The US” (by which I mean, the government … mainstream Americans) for many years after it’s inception. As your wiki quote shows, it was a grassroots effort by members of the community.
Maybe attend a TDoR event this year? I think you are caught up on arguing mode right now, I don’t really care to engage with you in that way.
This is what I said:
There is a lot of racialized violence in the US and you can’t deny that, and if you are a trans person of color you are doubly threatened. Trans white people get hate crimed too, but I was pointing out the particular and acute risk for black trans women … who invented TDoR.
It was not celebrated by “The US” (by which I mean, the government … mainstream Americans) for many years after it’s inception. As your wiki quote shows, it was a grassroots effort by members of the community.