Schedule for the day (subject to change): (from official Trans March SF)
Stage: 3 - 6
March: 6 - 7
End of March: 7 - 8
Afterparty at El Rio: 8 - 2 (https://www.facebook.com/events/469142203278878/)
We will gather at Dolores Park at 3 pm. Look for Brazilian flags and #NoToBrazilianCoup signs!
#ForaTemer #AmarSemTemer #ChegaDeTransfobia
#TransphobiaKills #StopTransphobia
WHY DO WE MARCH IN SOLIDARITY WITH BRAZILIAN TRANS COMMUNITY?
[1]
One transgender person is killed every 21 hour...
Schedule for the day (subject to change): (from official Trans March SF)
Stage: 3 - 6
March: 6 - 7
End of March: 7 - 8
Afterparty at El Rio: 8 - 2 (https://www.facebook.com/events/469142203278878/)
We will gather at Dolores Park at 3 pm. Look for Brazilian flags and #NoToBrazilianCoup signs!
#ForaTemer #AmarSemTemer #ChegaDeTransfobia
#TransphobiaKills #StopTransphobia
WHY DO WE MARCH IN SOLIDARITY WITH BRAZILIAN TRANS COMMUNITY?
[1]
One transgender person is killed every 21 hours in Brazil, according to a statement from Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring Project.
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/4/04/how-fight-transphobic-violence-brazil
[2]
Transgender Day of Visibility 2016 – Trans Murder Monitoring Update
This update (TMM TDoV 2016) reveals 2,016 reported killings of trans and gender diverse people in 65 countries worldwide between the 1st of January 2008 and the 31st of December 2015, more than 1,500 of which were reported in Central and South America.
Throughout all six world regions, the highest absolute numbers have been found in countries with strong trans movements and civil society organisations that carry out forms of professional monitoring: Brazil (802), Mexico (229), Colombia (105), Venezuela (98), and Honduras (79) in Central and South America; the United States (132) in North America; Turkey (41) and Italy (33) in Europe; and India (54), the Philippines (40) and Pakistan (34) in Asia. [4]
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WAYS TO HELP
[1]
Brazil Stop The Slaughter of Trans People Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/brazil-stop-the-slaughter-of-trans-people
[2]
NOME SOCIAL É DIREITO / My Name Is My Right
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2016/05/support-brazilian-nomesocialedireito.html
Brazilian trans community is fighting to keep a policy alive that allows them to use their social names in dealings with the Brazilian federal government.
The backstory starts with embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff issuing before she left office for an interim president pending the result of her impeachment trial issuing Decree n.8.727 that allows trans folks to use their social names in federal government situations and settings.
But a Brazilian politician unfortunately is pushing to have the Rousseff issued decree invalidated, and that would cause problems for many of our Brazilian trans cousins.
A social media campaign has popped up #NomeSocialEDireito with the goal of keeping the decree in place.
Brazilian trans people and their allies are asked to take photos with the #NomeSocialEDireito hashtag which translates in English to 'My Name Is My Right'.
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Trans March SF - http://www.transmarch.org/