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What is TDOE?
TDOE is a day set aside for transpeople and significant others, friends, families, and allies to celebrate transgender history and future, as well as our transseniors and our transyouth.
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TDOE is a day set aside for transpeople and significant others, friends, families, and allies to celebrate transgender history and future, as well as our transseniors and our transyouth.
Originally conceived by Project STAR Director Tracie O’Brien in 2003, this is an “opposite day” to the international Transgender Day Of Remembrance (TDOR).
The transgender community is filled with a rich diversity of individuals; of every age, race, faith, identifiable gender, and socioeconomic background. The next generation of transpeople can look forward to less discrimination than the generations of transgender people past — we celebrate those who helped us get to where we are now, and those who will enjoy the advances in the future, and help us in that future to reach for broader equality and new individual heights.
One day the idea of a day of celebration of transgender diversity will catch on as an idea for the broader transgender community -- for all of transpeople, significant others, friends, families, and of course wonderful allies.
Trans Persons Voice
As a trans person, I am glad to have found out about this great day. I have been well aware of (TDOR), and feel sad for those that have had their lfes shortened by hate. I wish every day that a few more people would see that we are all people, and should be treated the same as others. I make it a priority in my life to treat others as I want to be treated. Having two daughters, ages 11 and 15, it is sad that they have to make friends, and eventually tell my secret and hope that their friend's parents are ok with me being trans. the good news is they are making friends, and even a few of the parents have asked me how and why, most have had open minds, and with a bit of educating them, they have become supportive as well. So my hopes that one day, all will be equal gets one step closer. I wish the best to all.-- Barbra
I'm currently in the process of helping my company write trans-inclusive language into our non-discrimination policies. I've been really surprised by two things:
1) The lack of bias I've encountered
2) The amount of ignorance I've heard
On the one hand, I steeled myself against a group of "haters" that never materialized. On the other hand, I've heard some pretty bone-headed questions from people I expected to be more aware.
That being said, the Trans Day of Empowerment sounds like a fantastic idea. Next year, when the policies have been squared away, it'll be something I'll make sure that we -- as an entire company -- celebrate right along with you.
"There are two kinds of people in this world -- the kind who separate the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't." -- Gloria Steinem
This might be a great day to just show the diversity of the trans community re: urban v rural, different states, different careers (software engineers, M.D.s of all sorts, scientists - for the geek-minded T youth; business, arts, nonprofit sector, religious, etc), different community services offered by Ts, favorite hobbies of individual Ts, family formations, and so on.
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