Trans Day of Resilience 2024: A Panel Discussion
December 3, 2024For the last ten years, we have nurtured Trans Day of Resilience (TDOR), an annual art project that serves as a love offering to trans people of color everywhere and an intentional extension and re-imagining of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every November, we come together to remember the trans kin we lost and to recommit for trans liberation.
This year, we are leaning into the urgent need to elevate the role of cultural workers within the reproductive justice movement. We held a virtual conversation with fellow trans and gender-expansive artists entitled “Art as Radical Power”. Together, they shared their lived experiences and visions for relationship building during a time when the sociopolitical climate is hostile towards our beloved siblings. We listened as they shared stories about the ways art is fueling and transforming the movement for reproductive justice and gender liberation. Participants had the opportunity to connect 1:1 and grow their artist network, and took away a deeper call to trans inclusion and equity within the movement for reproductive liberation.
Featured artists include:
- Bobby Sanchez (she/they), Artist, Poet, Musician
- FreeQuency (Free or they/them), Storyteller, Poet, Performance Artist
- Kah Yangni (she/they), Illustrator and Muralist
- Raffi Marhaba (they/them), Creative Director, Illustrator, Artivist
- Såhi Velasco (they/them), Artist, Illustrator, Facilitator
Join us in celebrating these artists and their work toward building a world where trans and gender-expansive people feel grounded, connected, empowered, and free.