A few things you can do:

- center and uplift the voices of trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender diverse folks— especially those at the intersections of oppression (such as BIPOC, trans femme folks, sex workers and folks with disabilities)

- donate to organizations who provide support (such as financial, community, healthcare, legal and legislative advocacy) to trans folks

- stay informed on trans issues globally and nationally— but also locally. At lot of really actionable change begins close to home.

Names stories and memorializations of those we lost and were senselessly taken from us this year:

To this day, the 1998 stabbing of Rita Hester — whose murder sparked the “Remembering Our Dead” web project that became the catalyst for the annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20 — remains a cold case. 

Rita’s death occurred in an era when the “trans panic” defense — a defendant melodramatically pleads temporary insanity for a killing — was a legal strategy. 

On November 28, 1998, Rita was found in her first-floor Boston apartment with 20 stab wounds to her chest, just two days before her 35th birthday. 

the first victim of the colorado springs club q shooting has been identified as trans man daniel davis aston, formerly of tulsa. he had moved to colorado springs and began bartending at club q, where he found community and seemed to be thriving.

that any of my community was murdered on the eve of tdor is awful enough. that a trans sibling was among them is just utterly gutting.

i'm sorry, daniel. i'm sorry we failed you. you deserved to be safe.

Today, I ask that if trans ppl are usually not at the forefront of your mind, give some thought to how you can show up for us with more than platitudes.

I recommend:

🏳‍⚧Looking up antitrans legislation in your community and contacting your rep about it. (US site: http://bit.ly/3UQDz0A)

🏳‍⚧Donating to the Transgender Law Center @ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/donate (or a trans charity in your country)

🏳‍⚧Telling your transphobic uncle that he's an asshole

The Trans Murder Monitoring Project’s 2022 update published by TGEU has 327 reports.

Here’s a list of 390 reports.