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Garden State Equality Transgender Awareness Week
November 13 - November 23
Trans Awareness Week is a week of advocacy and education observed annually in the week leading up to Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, which memorializes trans people who have lost their lives to violence. This year, Garden State Equality is commemorating Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance with a series of events.
gardenstateequality.org/events/trans-awareness-week-2024
Monday, November 18
6-7:30 pm
Online
Discuss lived experiences, self-advocacy strategies, and advice for finding affirming mental health providers with other trans and gender diverse people.
Wednesday, November 20
Trans Day of Remembrance Community Art Night7-9 pm
Garden State Equality Office
1408 Main St., Asbury Park, NJ 07712
A low-key painting class that will allow us to bring beauty into the world while we hold space for our collective grief.
Wednesday, November 20
Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil7 pm
Blackbird Commons
131 Atkins Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Vigil with guest speakers and music honoring those we’ve lost in the past year.
Saturday, November 23
12-5 pm
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University—Newark
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102
A day of community wellness, MASCARA XVI is themed “Lessons in Light” — a day of shared grieving, healing, resilience, and education for transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse people and their allies.