November 16, 2022

Celebrating Transgender Awareness Week

Transgender participants and allies raise flag, advocate for social justice, remember those lost to violence

Close up of hands holding a small blue, pink and white transgender awareness flag. — Individual transgender awareness flags were distributed at the Transgender Awareness Week flag-raising ceremony on Monday, November 14, 2022.

This week, the campus community is observing Transgender Awareness Week, giving transgender people and allies an opportunity to educate, share personal stories and experiences, and advance advocacy on social justice issues – including the fight against the prejudice, discrimination and violence that affect the transgender community. The week’s theme, “Trans Joy in spite of…”

The Office of Social Justice and Diversity kicked off the week on Monday, November 14, 2022, with a flag-raising ceremony that included student speakers, a proclamation and a vigil in observance of Trans Day of Remembrance, the annual observance honoring the memory of those transgender people whose lives are lost in acts of anti-transgender violence each year.

Luminaria line the walkway as part of a vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance.

A group of transgender people and allies held a flag-raising ceremony and vigil for Transgender Awareness Week.

Trans people and allies gathered at the flag poles for a flag raising and vigil.

Ceremony participants display the Transgender flag before raising it on Monday, November 14, 2022.