Gwendolyn Ann Smith
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Gwendolyn Smith is a transgender woman who founded Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize people who have been killed as a result of anti-transgender prejudice.[1] On July 28, 2017 a book about Gwendolyn was published by Library Partner Press. It is called "Trans/Active: A Biography of Gwendolyn Ann Smith," and is available on Amazon and Barnes&Noble.com.
Gwendolyn Ann Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 22, 1967 |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, Writer, and Web Manager |
| Known for | Transgender rights movement |
| Website | https://tdor.info/ |
Life
Born July 22, 1967, Smith is a transgender activist, writer, and graphic designer.[2] Since 2000, she has been a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter. Her column is called, "Transmissions."[3] She also manages the website called, Genderfork.[3]
Smith founded a website called Remembering Our Dead, which memorializes people who have died as a direct result of hatred and prejudice based on gender.[2] The site seems to have been blended with the Transgender Day of Remembrance website, and also publishes information about transgender people who have been murdered, due to anti-transgender violence.[4] In 2016, Gwendolyn Smith wrote an article for Huffington Post titled, "Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why We Remember".[5] In addition, she is published in Kate Bornstein's book, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. [6]
Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDOR)
Gwendolyn Smith began Transgender Day of Remembrance in November 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in 1998.[7] It now happens every year on November 20, and is observed all over the United States, in over 200 cities,[8] and in different countries.[9] More recently, Transgender Awareness Week is the week of November 14–20.[10] The event is grassroots, but is coordinated by the Remembering Our Dead Project and the official TDOR website [11]
References
- ^ "About TDOR". Transgender Day of Remembrance. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ a b Inkster, Andy (2009). Gwendolyn Ann Smith (1967– from LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia,. Westport, CT: Green Wood Press. pp. 1143–1144. – via Gale Virtual Reference Library,.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ a b "Gwendolyn Ann Smith | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "memorializing 2015". Transgender Day of Remembrance. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Founder, Gwendolyn Ann Smith; editor, Transgender Day of Remembrance; managing; genderfork.com (2012-11-20). "Transgender Day Of Remembrance: Why We Remember". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bornstein, Kate; Bergman, S. Bear (2010-08-31). Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Reprint edition ed.). Seal Press. ISBN 9781580053082.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Ransbottom, Nick (2013). "What does transgender mean?". The Charleston Gazette.
- ^ Pafundi, Pafundi (2015). "Event remembers transgender people killed around world". Portland Press Herald.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ martiabernathey (2016-09-27). "TDoR Events and Locations 2016". Transgender Day of Remembrance. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "Transgender Day of Remembrance #TDOR - November 20". GLAAD. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ Lamble, Sarah (2008). "Retelling Racialized Violence, Remaking White Innocence: The Politics of Interlocking Oppressions in Transgender Day of Remembrance". Sexuality Research & Social Policy. 5: 24–42 – via Proquest.