This is Transgender Awareness Week, culminating with the observance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Friday, November 20th. The GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) website has good suggestions about how to observe and celebrate Trans Awareness Week.

Seattle organization Gay City has created a page with more local events (which are hosted by UTOPIA and Ingersoll Gender Center), and have put together a campaign to promote community artwork relating to issues facing trans people. They are accepting submissions through the end of today, so if you have a piece that you think would fit, see the guidelines on their Trans Day of Remembrance page. Regarding Trans Awareness Week, Gay City's Executive Director Fred Swanson gave us the following statement:

"Gay City is happy to elevate and amplify the voices of trans and gender diverse artists and organizers as we commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance together. As we fight for the right for trans and gender diverse communities to exist and thrive with dignity and respect, we must remember those who have come before us, whose lives were lost because of hatred and bigotry. We honor their lives and their legacy."