March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility!
In honor of TDOV, we are starting an online awareness campaign to celebrate transgender people. We will send out one all-campus email every day for a week. We encourage you to join in on social media with #TDOV and #MoreThanVisibility! The Facebook event can be found HERE and we would love it if you could share the posts to get the word out there!
DAY 3:
PEOPLE - JENNICET GUTIÉRREZ
Jennicet Gutiérrez is an undocumented trans Latinx leader with FAMILIA TQLM in the campaign for #Not1More LGBTQIA+ deportation. Known to the general public as the "trans heckler who interrupted President Obama," Jennicet is an activist in pursuit of the inclusion of trans people into legal protections, specifically undocumented trans people and trans people of color whose voices have been erased by most major movements to date. Her interruption of President Obama, as explained by Jennicet in this article, was to get the President to hear the voice of an undocumented trans woman fighting to end the detention and deportation of undocumented trans people. This past Fall, Jennicet was the keynote speaker for Latinx Heritage Month and LGBTQIA+ History Month and participated in a student protest against the vandalism of the Gender Inclusive bathroom in Collis as pictured above.
TDOV is currently run by Trans Student Educational Resources. TDOV began as a reaction to Transgender Day of Remembrance, aiming to create a day for empowerment and recognition instead of focusing solely on mourning.
The 2016 theme is More Than Visibility: "This recognizes that while visibility is important, we must take direct action against transphobia around the world. Visibility is not enough alone to bring transgender liberation. Some people experience violence due to their visibility and some others don’t want to be visible. However, we can use visibility as a vital tool for transgender justice.”
Disclaimer: The information in this email was not compiled by professional historians. Any errors are the fault of the writers, not the individuals described. If you have any comments or concerns, please email [log in to unmask].