Transgender Awareness Week
Each year, between November 13 and 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness 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, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.
The week ends on November 20 with Transgender Day of Remembrance, annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year.
This year for Transgender Awareness Week, GLAAD is encouraging everyone to watch the documentary Disclosure on Netflix. The feature from director Sam Feder and executive producer Laverne Cox explores the history of trans representation in TV and film in unprecedented form, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures people's deepest anxieties about gender.
It's been said that once people see the media stereotypes, tropes, and clichéd portrayals stacked together in Disclosure, it's impossible to unsee them. For trans people and allies, Disclosure is an important survey of how media has treated trans people, influencing not only how trans people have come to view themselves but also how the world has, with a call-to-action to better understand and support the community—on screen and off.