Across the world, November is recognized as a month dedicated to transgender people — a time to remember, to speak out, and to demand justice.

During this period, communities everywhere honor trans lives — both those we have lost, and those who continue to fight each day to live authentically, with dignity, and without fear.

This day was first observed in 1999, following the murder of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman killed in Boston. Her death — and the silence that surrounded it — ignited a movement for visibility and justice within the trans community.

Since then, November 20th has been marked as the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) — a day to honor all transgender people whose lives have been taken by discrimination, violence, and hate.

We also remember the first trans woman from our country who, in the early 2000s, had the courage to speak publicly about her experience and the realities of the trans community — at a time when there was no space for visibility.

Later, while living in Canada, she continued her journey of authenticity and activism, leaving behind deep sorrow in both the local and international communities.

Her courage and honesty created the first crack in the wall of silence surrounding trans people in our society.

Her life reminds us that the fight for visibility and dignity often begins with a single voice — and that voice never disappears. It lives on in all of us who continue to speak up.

At the same time, with love and respect, we remember all transgender people who are no longer with us, for whatever reason.

Their lives and their presence are part of our shared story. Each loss is a reminder that the struggle for a dignified life must go on.

This November, alongside remembrance, we are also launching a campaign to challenge myths and share facts about the transgender community.

Every myth creates fear. Every fear fuels stigma and hate.

Through this campaign, we want to replace stigma with knowledge, and hate with understanding.

We want to show that being transgender is not an ideology or a trend — and to remind everyone that trans people are our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and family members.
They love, they create, and — like everyone else — they deserve to live with dignity.