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Maaya says: Remember..

This post is barely on time, with only 34 minutes left until midnight over here, but in some places there’s still several hours left of November 20th, which is also known as
International Transgender Day of Remembrance 

We posted about it last year as well, but it’s too important to be left unmentioned this year anyway.
ITDoR is held all over the world, so make sure to check if there are any events near you that you can partake in, if you want to show your support.
If there isn’t, or if November 20th has passed where you live, then why not light a candle, or take a moment to think about, or make some sort of tribute, in form of art or writing..

ITDOR, for those who are unaware of it still, is a memorial for all the transgendered individuals that have in some way been punished, discriminated against, abused or even killed because of who and what they are. It’s a day where one puts focus on what it means to be transgendered, and that it’s not something that anyone is in control over, and that there’s nothing wrong with it. We should be understanding and accepting.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; we’re just people, all of us.

Since this day last year, there has been at least 30 known murders of transpersons, the youngest only 16 months old. Roy Antonio Jones III was only  a toddler when he was killed by strikes to the head, so he ‘would act like a little boy instead of a girl’

This is absolutely unbelieveable. How can the world still be this way at this day and age?
It terrible. But at the same time it’s good to know that there are people in this world who make events like this, so that we won’t forget, so that we can keep fighting for what is nothing more than human rights.
For more (and porbably way more accurate) information about this day, and the events and history around it, please visit Transgenderdor.org

Thanks for your time,

Maaya.

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