This week we celebrated Transgender Awareness Week, culminating in yesterday's Transgender Day of Remembrance to recognize the far too many trans lives lost to violence and suicide this year. We won't stop fighting until everyone can live as their true and authentic selves. | Senator Edward J. Markey

Today we remember and honor the transgender ancestors who paved the way for us—we owe it all to you. ❤️‍🩹🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you for teaching us that we don't have to accept hate, that we are free to live as ourselves so long as we fight for it, and that trans joy is how we resist. Ancestors in video: Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, Angie Xtravaganza, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent Those still with us: Ma-Nee Chacaby, Randy Burns, The Hijra of India #TransDayofRemembrance | The California