Transgender Awareness Week community programming roundup!
OUTMemphis’s offical guide to getting involved with Transgender Awareness Week. Each event is programed by a different local organization uplifting Trans folks in Memphis.
November 11
Trans Awareness Week Community Dinner
6-8PM
Monthly Community Dinners led by Lena Chipman.
November 13
CROSS: Mix & Match
6-7:30PM | OUTMemphis Community Center (892 S Cooper)
Let’s kick off Trans Awareness Week together! CROSS invites all trans and non-binary community members to come out, connect, mingle, and celebrate the beauty of our diversity.
November 16
Ribbons of Recognization
9AM-4PM | Friends for All (1548 Poplar Ave)
November 17
“I AM” Trans Storytelling: 50 Shades of Resilience
4-8PM | Vance No. 2 (325 Wagner Place)
OUTMemphis’s Annual TAW Storytelling program, bringing Trans voices to share their stories and experiences.
November 18
Game Night
5-9PM | WeCareTN
November 19
Trans Awareness Week: A Night OUT
TIME TBA | LOCATION TBA
November 20
Trans Day of Remembrance
TIME TBA | LOCATION TBA
November 23
DSA: Trans Resource Fair
1-5PM | Benjamin Hooks Central Library (3030 Poplar Ave)
Resource Fair with local organizations & businesses who are trans affirming or provide direct services to the transgender community.
Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face.
Trans Awareness Week takes place the week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year.
At a time when transgender people have become targets of extreme political discrimination and violence, it’s imperative that anyone who is interested in and invested in protecting a free society learn the facts about who trans people are, become educated about the realities trans people face, and understand that our collective equality is connected to the safety and freedom of people who are transgender.
Read more about Transgender Awareness Week (Semana de Concientización Transgénero en español) and Transgender Day of Remembrance below, and find out how you can participate.