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We're officially in the TRANS AWARENESS WEEK (Nov 13-19), an event to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues members of the community face!

This is a moment when transgender people and allies take action to bring attention to the community and educate the public.

The main themes go around who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect our community.

And right by the end of this week we have the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), on November 20th. It's a day that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. (This goes to you allies: learn about them. Learn their names, and their stories. Be aware of how trans people are treated in your country, and what you can do to help the community.)

Anyway, this is our quick reminder for you to check these tags and be present in this year's trans awareness event. We need all sorts of help, everywhere, and in any way you can.

Support trans people! As an ally, be vocal, and be active.

We're a fandom-centered account, so in this context: listen to trans people and be sure to welcome them in fandom spaces! Create safe spaces and be sure to work on being inclusive! Support trans* content creators (including fan creators!), and ask yourself if the canon and fan content you consume is inclusive, or cisnormative and exclusionary, if not all the way to explicitly transphobic. Question those things you take for granted, and take some time to learn about transgender experiences in fandom!

To the trans* people following us and in the Simon Snow fandom in general, we invite you to share your experiences and talk to us about how you think fandom spaces can correlate with trans issues- or just chat! If you're a trans creator, you can also go all self-promo and drop your content in the replies / reblogs, you deserve it!