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Just one picture, and this is dedicated to all of you:

( My tattoo in honor of mah people. )

I got this tattoo on my ftm boyfriend and my first month anniversary.

I'm Lisa/Leesuh (just another way to spell it) and I've been identifying as lesbian for years now, and I met my boyfriend while he was still answering to his birthname. I kinda coaxed his transgenderism out of him and have been calling him by male pronouns and his chosen name since.

Anywhoo.

Nice t'meetcha all!

Rhode Island TDOR Events

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Lifelines Rhode Island , in collaboration with Brown University LGBTQ Resource Center and Youth Pride, Inc., invites you to join us to commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance, an internationally observed day to memorialize people who have been murdered due to anti-trans hatred or prejudice. Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to highlight the daily violence and fear with which many trans people live and to speak out against anti-trans violence.


RI Trans Day of Remembrance will include

Monday Nov. 19th and/or Tuesday 20th, 10am – 4pm, Brown University Main Green*
A display on the main green commemorating the lives lost due to hate crime since the last Trans Day of Remembrance in 2006. A table with trans-related information will be available.

Tuesday Nov 20th, 6pm, Brown University Main Green*
Contact: info@lifelinesri.org or 401.369.9680
Candle light vigil. The vigil opening speakers include Y. Gavriel Ansara, Executive Director of Lifelines Rhode Island and Jodi Glass, Lifelines Board member and coordinator of The RI Commission on Prejudice and Bias (RI-CPB) Hate Crime Training Program. The speeches will be followed by candle lighting and reading of the names to remember, followed by a moment of silence to remember our dead.

Tuesday Nov 20th, 7:30pm, Hourglass Café, Faunce basement*
TRANSCEND COFFEE HOUSE. An open mike/speak out hosted by the Brown University LGBTQ Resource Center and the student group, Queer Alliance. It is free and open to the public. Anyone who would like to speak out or perform should contact Yumi_Aikawa@brown.edu. You can share stories, you can share your writing, you can slam, or you can sing, but YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK OUT OR PERFORM ABOUT SUBJECTS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE HEART OF THE EVENT. The featured performer is COYOTE GRACE ( www.coyotegrace.com), a fantasmic folk-rock-blues duo from the west coast.


*Brown University Main Green can be accessed through the arch on Waterman Street at the intersection of Brown Street , or from the entrances on George Street . Faunce House is the building with the arch. The university is in the East Side of Providence.



Lifelines Rhode Island is the only statewide, multi-service non-profit organization focused on meeting the needs of transgender, transsexual, gender variant & intersex (TGI) people in Rhode Island and surrounding regions. Lifelines promotes full equality and civil rights for people of diverse bodies and genders through advocacy, agency & provider training, and support services. http://lifelinesri.org/

Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI) is the only statewide nonprofit organization with programming dedicated to meeting the social, emotional and educational needs of youth and young adults impacted by sexual orientation and gender identity. YPI: Advocate, Support, Empower. Youth Pride provides safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth and young adults. http://www.youthpride-ri.org/

Boston Transgender Day of Remembrance

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On Sunday November 18, Boston's transgender community, with
family, friends and allies, will gather at the Arlington Street Church
to remember and honor transgender victims of violence. The
Remembrance observance will be preceded by an afternoon Town
Hall Meeting conducted by the Massachusetts Transgender Political
Coalition (MTPC).

The Transgender Day of Remembrance observance starts in the
Arlington Street Church sanctuary at 7PM. The program includes
invited speakers followed by a community speak-out, then a
candlelight vigil to Copley Square, returning to the church for a
warm-up reception.

( Read here for more info )