Trans Awareness Month: Strengthen Your Commitment to Inclusion
Training for employees, resources for everyone
November is Trans Awareness Month in San Francisco. In recognition, we are excited to announce the launch of a new online training module titled “Transgender 101: Strengthen Your Commitment to Inclusion”. Now available to all ~35,000 City and County employees, this new module offers an introduction to transgender and non-binary identities, a critical analysis of the gender binary, best practices around gender pronouns, and an overview of the City’s Gender Inclusion Policy.
Our Manager of Training and Education, Shane Zaldivar, worked with the City and County’s Department of Human Resources to develop this important training module in response to the increased demand for our training sessions in recent years. In addition, our team will continue to offer live online trainings for City and County Departments with the goal of improving trans inclusion in City services and workplaces.
Alongside the module we have launched a new website, sf.gov/oti-training, which includes information on our live online training for City and County employees, as well as resources for everyone to learn more about trans and non-binary people and issues.
In addition to celebrating Transgender Awareness Month, let us not forget the origins of this observance: Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) which is commemorated every November 20th, honors those we have lost due to transphobia in the past year. In 2021 alone, at least 45 transgender and non-binary people (the majority of whom were Black and Latina trans women) have been murdered due to transphobia, trans-misogyny, and racism in the United States. In many instances, these violent attacks are a result of ignorance, bias, and dehumanizing portrayals of transgender and non-binary people.
Both in-person and virtual TDOR events will be held this week, including the following (all times in PST):
- Trans-owned Fluid Coffee and Events is hosting “Trans Day of Remembrance: Stronger Than Ever” at La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, 332 Golden Gate Avenue, 2–5 p.m. on November 20. This event will also be livestreamed.
- The Transgender District is holding a vigil and call to action at CounterPulse, 80 Turk Street, 3:30–5 p.m. on November 20.
- Manny’s is hosting TDOR of the Global South in partnership with Parivar Bay Area, Openhouse, El/La Para TransLatinas, and The LGBT Asylum Project, at 3092 16th St., 6–8 p.m. on November 20.
- City College of San Francisco is hosting a virtual TDOR memorial at the conclusion of their Transgender Week of Resilience and Action, November 15–19. More details about the memorial will be posted on the Queer Resource Center website.
- The County of San Mateo LGBTQ Commission is holding a virtual TDOR event on November 19 at 5 p.m. Register if you wish to participate in the community poetry and spoken word portion.
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