International Transgender Day of Remembrance-- Resources to pass on to you!

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I have made 60 different flyers for 60 different faces of those who have been murdered due to transphobia and genderphobia. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to finish making all 87 faces (at http://www.gender.org/remember, there are 87 people who have photos).

However, I have converted all 60 I did make into a PDF file and would like to pass them on to anyone interested in usig them. They could be posted around your town, campus, used for a display, etc.

I have also written a speech, adapted from the "About" statement written by Gwendolyn Ann Smith on the Remembrance site. I have posted that speech behind the cut below. It is intended for a vigil, but can be adapted to be used for other events relating to International Transgender Day of Remembrance. I can also email this to you in a Micorsoft Word file if you are interested.

Comment with you email address if you are interested in receiving either or both of these documents-- I will email them to you with the subject line "Trans DOR resources".

( Speech, adapted from a statement by Gwendolyn Ann Smith. )

Mint.

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( And a few questions. )

kthxbai

initial impression of Transamerica...

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I saw an early screening last night in Atlanta at the Outright movie festival.   The director Duncan Tucker was there for Q&A afterwards too.

Ok - I highly recommend Transamerica when it comes out in theatres next month.  According to the director this is not really trans movie although he obviously researched our world and handled our issues and characters with upmost respect - thanks in large part to Calpernia and friends.    Transamerica focuses on broken relationships and self discovery.  The movie is tragic, tense, lighthearted and respectfully funny in all the right places.   Felicity Huffman was *amazing*.. someone mentioned Oscar on another messageboard I read.. she clearly deserves it.  

Oh and I had no idea Calpernia played fiddle!  She throws down during one scene!

Duncan said the film will be released in art houses and "top-20 markets" whatever that means.  Hopefully it will be in or near your area. :)