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OUR COMMUNITY

Community Feature

The greater Eau Claire community is the heart and soul of our foundation. To highlight and promote the outstanding work of our nonprofit partners in our community, we feature significant progress and notable events in our community on a rotating basis. To read past community features, click here.

November 2024: Transgender Awareness Week

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An infographic with text stating that November 13-19, 2024 is Transgender Awareness Week. Beneath the text is Pablo Foundation’s logo in pink. The infographic and all following images feature a theme of white, blue, and pink, the colors of the Transgender Pride Flag.
A quotation from GLAAD reading, “Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the trans community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.”
Text reading, “Transgender Awareness Week is observed each year between November 13 and 19 in advance of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), which is held each year on November 20.”
Text reading, “Transgender Day of Remembrance annually recognizes and mourns the trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence. TDOR was founded in 1999 in honor of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was murdered the year prior..” A photograph of Rita Hester is featured; she is a Black woman wearing her voluminous hair in an updo with several strands of pearls around her neck. She looks directly into the camera with her hands posed delicately by her face.
A quotation from Kayla Johnson (she/her), Executive Director of the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center. The first part of the quotation reads, “Building understanding of the lived experiences of and inequities faced by transgender community members is a vital first step for anyone who wants to be a good friend [or] neighbor or [to] be more supportive of loved ones.”
The quotation continues, “Everyone deserves the chance to live as their authentic self in peace and to live a life filled with love rather than to face hate and misunderstanding.”
Text reading, “This year’s commemoration comes amid a flood of politicians and pundits from both dominant corporate parties choosing to abandon their responsibility to protect their constituents. On social media, on the news, and elsewhere, we continue to see empty suits slinging misinformation and outright lies about transgender people and particularly trans healthcare.”
Text reading, “Trans people—like all people—are infinite in their inherent dignity and their importance to humankind. We embrace, advance, and promote the rights of our transgender friends, family, and neighbors, particularly trans youth who are a current favorite target of anti-trans hatemongers.”
Text reading, “It is a moral imperative to educate others and take action to advocate for trans people. Talk to the people you know. Confront misinformation. Promote human kindness.”
Text reading, “Trans people have been around as long as the construct of gender has, and they aren’t going anywhere. Join us in celebrating their lives, protecting their rights, and promoting their wellbeing.”
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