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Honor Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance with HRC
Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance are opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate, uplift and honor our trans community.
By publicly demonstrating support while challenging anti-trans legislation and negative rhetoric, we can turn our solidarity as LGBTQ+ people and allies into a collective power to advance equality and justice.
Together, we can transform the world.
Transgender Awareness Week
While most of the discussion of trans folks online can often be centered on negativity, Transgender Awareness Week gives us the opportunity to uplift positive and insightful stories of trans people across the country.
Monroe Poston is a tireless advocate for her community in the nation's capital. From working with unhoused youth to helping the trans and gender nonconforming community with job readiness, she has been helping LGBTQ+ folks in the city survive and thrive for decades.
Trans Stories are Everyone’s Stories
Daniel’s story is typical of any teenager with the same quiet milestones of youth that we all experience. He’s also one of more than two million people who are transgender or non-binary in the United States. Watch a heartwarming film and discover, in just 7 minutes, how you can help create a world where Daniel has the freedom to be himself.
Celebrating Changemakers: Stories from the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community 2023-2024
Our changemakers share their experiences with our Trans Justice Initiative's programs, and the impact these programs have had on their daily lives. We share their stories to uplift their successes and to ensure positive representations of the transgender and non-binary community and its resiliency, further combating transphobia, stigma, and anti-trans violence.
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Play the video: Ciora Thomas: Serving and Advocating for my Local Black Trans Community -
Play the video: Daniel Really Suits You -
Play the video: Hateful Legislation Is Forcing Parents of Trans And Non-Binary Kids Consider Leaving Their State -
Play the video: BIPOC Parents of Transgender Youth Reflect on Their Journey
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Play the video: Trans Awareness Week 2023
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Play the video: Trans Talks: Motivate Monday and Transmasculinity
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Play the video: A Reading of "CALVIN" and Panel Discussion
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Play the video: Tips for Inclusive Language around Reproductive Rights by The Trans Journalists Association -
Play the video: How House Music Helped Her Find Community -
Play the video: Three Kisses -
Play the video: Debunking Myths about Transgender Athletes -
Play the video: Meet the Girl Who Lawmakers Want to Ban From Playing Sports
Grab your Trans Pride Gear today!
Create a safe space for trans people by showing off your support with our trans pride gear!
Programs and Resources from HRC
From barriers in receiving medical treatment to discriminatory housing and employment practices to a lack of adequate and appropriate representation, trans folks continue to face many confounding (and compounding) challenges.
Below are a few of the resources we’ve created to support and for our trans community.
Transgender and Non-Binary People 101
Transgender and non-binary people come from all walks of life. We hope you learn more about our wonderful community and join us in supporting transgender and non-binary people.
Read These FAQs!
Family Resources
We’ve created a number of resources for parents, family members and caregivers of transgender, non-binary and gender-expansive youth to support families that address a wide range of topics.
Explore Them Here!
Free Lyft Rides for Public Safety
We’ve partnered with Lyft and trans-focused community-based organizations to offer free Lyft rides in select cities for medical appointments, job interviews, and more.
Check Out Where!Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Awareness Week leads into Transgender Day of Remembrance, which Gwendolyn Ann Smith initially founded as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman who was murdered in 1998. This is a time to honor those we have lost and advocate for a world where transgender and non-binary people are no longer targets of violence and hate.
The Epidemic of Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in the United States
In this 2024 report, we shed light on the epidemic of violence taking the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people. We remember the individuals who were taken from us in the past year and provide an analysis of data we have collected.
Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2024
As HRC continues to work toward justice and equality for transgender and gender non-conforming people, we mourn those we have lost in 2024.
Dismantling a Culture of Violence
This resource offers a framework to understand the causes of fatal violence against the trans and gender-expansive community in the United States, focusing on factors at multiple levels of influence.
5 Things You Can Do To Support Trans and Non-Binary Folks Every Day
Educate yourself on what transgender and being non-binary means!
As with anything in life, a good starting point to better and thoroughly understand the matter at hand is to educate yourself. Do you actually know what being transgender and non-binary means? It’s okay to not clearly know what defines being transgender and non-binary, but it’s never okay to assume or, even worse, make false claims. Check out this helpful resource!Understand the challenges that trans and non-binary people face!
We estimate that more than 2 million people in the U.S. identify as trans or non-binary. Trans people are your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers. Trans people face unique challenges. From lack of legal protections to discrimination at the workplace, to truly support trans people, we all need to understand the scope of issues that trans people encounter in their day-to-day lives. Learn more here.Speak up against bigotry, bullying and hate!
It’s important to always address discrimination, bullying and hate in any situation. Learn to identify instances of discrimination, bullying and hate in the workplace and know how or when you should intervene. If you are a teacher, check out these lessons to help you lead your students in real conversations about the kinds of bullying they really see and hear at school, learning how they can be upstanders to help prevent bullying.Be a visible and vocal ally!
Being a visible and vocal ally can mean many different things to people who are looking to support trans and non-binary people. It’s perfectly okay to be an ally and not have all the answers. You might be worried about speaking up or sharing content when you get asked questions like, “what’s the difference between sex and gender?” or “is gender non-conforming the same thing as being trans?”
Don’t worry, we’ve created a resource to help you! You can find some of them here.Advocate for trans and non-binary rights and protections!
One of the best ways to support trans and non-binary people is by supporting a movement or an organization already doing the work to fight against LGBTQ+ discrimination and inequality. Organizations like ours have many resources that can help you fight against hate and discrimination - find out how to get involved and take action.