Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences.....
In today’s climate, we believe that awareness of the challenges faced by trans people is not enough. So we’re calling on our supporters, and the wider community, to use TAW to mobilise, to move, and to transform awareness into action.
Check out the names of influential Trans people that have fought for Trans rights thoughout history....
Christine Goodwin
A British transgender activist who played a crucial role in forcing the UK government to introduce the Gender Recgonition Act 2004. She was a former bus driver who underwent surgery in 1990 before eventually challenging the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights over her inability to draw a state pension at the same age as other women. The ECHR ruled that the UK had breached her rights under the European Convention of Human Rights. In response the UK introduced the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
Alfred Reuben McConnell
An English multimedia journalist who writes about transgender rights in the United Kingdom. He is most well known for being a transgender man who gave birth. His journey to give birth is detailed in the 2019 documentary Seahorse. He is currently working on his forthcoming picture book and also a podcast in production with the BBC.
Rita Hester
A transgender African-American woman who was murdered in Massachusetts, on November 28, 1998. In response to her murder, an outpouring of grief and anger led to a candlelight vigil held the following Friday (December 4) Her death inspired the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Angela Morley
A pioneering English composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, conductor and performer whose illustrious career extended across countless film, television and theatre projects–specializing in TV and movie musicals.
Alan L Hart
A Oregon physician, researcher, and writer and one of the first female-to-male transgender persons to undergo a hysterectomy in the United States and live the remainder of his life as a man.