Transgender Day of Remembrance is held every year on November 20. An International day of mourning and remembrance for transgender and gender variant individuals killed worldwide due to anti-transgender violence over the previous twelve months. 2011 marks the 13th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance and the sixth to be held in Oakland, CA. Alameda County has participated since 2006.

Produced by TransVision and held at Preservation Park in Oakland, CA. TransVision once again partnered with First Unitarian Church of Oakland to provide an after event healing place to attend.

The 2011 event will be remembered as the year murder and death personally touched the Alameda Trans community. We lost four members in 2011, and the first murder since 2004.

Samantha Foster was a 24 year old African-American trans woman who lived in both Contra Costa and Oakland. She passed away in April of unknown causes at her sister's house in Bay Point.

Lucie Parkin, 36, transsexual identified woman, was shot and killed in a Hayward motel room on Tuesday Sept 20.

Tracy Bumpus passed away in June, in Vallejo. She was working at AIDS Project of The East Bay at the time.

And on Nov, 17, the night before our event, Chastity Porter, an African-American woman from Fremont was shot to death in West Hollywood. All were known to TransVision team members.

The 2011 TDOR will always be remembered as the most difficult to produce, both physically and emotionally, and the toughest to get through.

Transgender Day of Remembrance is held every year on November 20. An International day of mourning and remembrance for transgender and gender variant individuals killed worldwide due to anti-transgender violence over the previous twelve months. 2010 marks the 12th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance and the fifth to be held in Oakland, CA. Alameda County has participated since 2006.

Produced by TransVision and held at Preservation Park in Oakland, CA. The 2010 event was the biggest and most successful TDOR event to date. Despite a very stormy and raining night, people came from SF, Contra Costa County, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, joining those from Alameda County to pay respects to our fallen trans brothers and sisters as well as community members lost to AIDS. This year's event was also the most attended TDOR to date with 236 people and standing room only.

It was also very personal to TransVision as we remembered one of our own, Marisela, who passed in October. She will be missed for her spirit, her laughter, her good nature, and gentle soul. The community also lost Jurutha, who was a mother to many young African American trans women from Oakland.

TransVision, in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, held the 1st Annual Alameda County Transgender Health and Resource Conference on May 14 at Preservation Park, Oakland.

This historic first ever event for transgender people in Alameda County had 20 organizations/agencies participating in offering resources, services and workshops.

Also joining the participants were the Office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-9), Office of Congressman George Miller (D-7), and the Office of Senator Ellen Corbett (D-10). Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-9) attended and gave an empowering speech that spoke to the needs of the transgender community both nationally and here in Alameda County and Oakland City Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan followed by affirming the importance of the transgender community as part of the fabric of Oakland. Vicky Kolakowski, Administrative Law Judge, Candidate for Alameda County Superior Court Judge, spoke to the importance of trans people getting involved in the political process in Alameda County.

Katie Tague, from the Office of Senator Ellen Corbett (D-10), presented TransVision with a certificate from Sate Senator Ellen Corbett, recognizing the conference and its significance. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums also sent over a Certificate of Congratulations.

TransVision Assistant Coordinator Tanajsha Thomas facilitated a panel on the experiences of African American trans people living in the East Bay and Peer Educator Lorena Martinez facilitated a panel on the experiences of Latina trans women living in the East Bay. Peer Educator Brandy Martell flawlessly coordinated a very busy registration table.

TransVision team members, clients, volunteers, and TCHC staff all came together to help make this historic first ever Transgender Health Conference in Alameda County an overwhelming success.

Alameda County Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009

Produced by TransVision and held at Preservation Park in Oakland, CA. 2009's event will be remembered by the overwhelming number of deaths reported, 143 reported to date, with 130 deaths internationally, the highest death total for a single year reported to date. This year's event was also the most attended TDOR to date with 173 people and standing room only.

What a wonderful event, so well planned and executed, so well attended . . . it was a really fabulous evening to honor those who have passed and to inspire those that will bear the challenge of changing the hatred and violence that plagues our community, plagues our world . . .

Thank you for all your extraordinary efforts! Thanks for including me in your special evening.

Lobby Card In English

Tarjeta de lobby en españoll

The second statewide conference on Transgender HIV Prevention and Care was held over 3 days in Los Angeles from 1/26-1/28, 2009. The first one was held in 2005 in San Francisco. The TransVision team, Tanajsha, Brandy, Mimi, and Tiffany attended the conference.

Tiffany, who is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the State Wide Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention , UCSF, (COE) presented with the COE in Tuesday's opening Plenary. The COE is the unofficial advisory body to the State Office of AIDS on transgender issues.

Alameda County has participated in the Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance for the last three years. The National Day falls on Thursday, November 20. A county wide event held in Oakland on November 16 at Preservation Park that was open to the public as well as the transgender community.

This was the 3rd year in a row that Tri-City Health Center and TransVision produced the Day of Remembrance event for Alameda County. This was the 10 year Anniversary of the Transgender Day of Remembrance with events being held in over 200 locations around the world.

For the full Transgender Day of Remebrance 2008 report, click here

To view the Joint Member Resolution from the State Legislature from Senator Ellen Corbett and Assembly member Sandre 'Swanson,
Click the Image below:

To view Congresswoman Barbra Lee's letter, Please Click Here

To view Text of Tiffany Woods Opening Remarks, Please Click Here

Click the following images to view/print the Official Lobby Cards.

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Congresswoman Barbara Lee	CDC Director Julie Gerberding	Lee and Gerberding
The panel	Lee	Audience

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report

TransVision is Recipient of the TLC Community Partner Award

TransVision Program Coordinator, Tiffany Woods accepting the Community Partner Award on behalf of TransVision and Tri-City Health Center

Leaders Working Together for Equality

2nd Annual Transgender Leadership Summit March 23-25, 2007
Topping Student Center University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Transgender and Gender Variant leaders from all over California and a few from other states came together in Los Angeles for the 2nd Annual Transgender Leadership Summit. Primarily sponsored The Transgender Law Center, as well as numerous other organizations including TransVision, the summit brought together amazing leaders of all ages to learn from each other and to teach one another new and old skills to help move the transgender movement closer towards equality statewide. With 9 different workshops and 3 plenary's to attend, including a youth panel, there seemed to be something for all attendee's. There was also plenty of time to socialize and meet new leaders and greet old friends.
All of this took place on the beautiful campus of USC in downtown Los Angeles. It was great to see so many colleagues from Northern California make the track down South. One of the highlights for me was seeing so many young people attend the summit who are out and proud and making a difference back home in their communities. The times have truly changed since I was in my 20"s so many years ago.
Much discussion went on about who is a leader, what does leadership mean, or how do you define the characteristics of a leader. One need look no further then Transgender Law Center Executive Director, Chris Daley. Chris was and always is the first to roll up his sleeves to do what needs to be done, whether it was getting coffee, moving tables to another location, or simple housekeeping. A leader leads by example and does not ask someone to do something they are not willing to do themselves. At least that is the way I was taught.
Thanks, Chris, for leading by example, and moving the movement forward.
Tiffany Woods, Summit Planning Committee member

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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2007

For the second year in a row, the Alameda transgender community came together to remember, heal, honor, and educate. Combining art with activism, the East Bay trans community and event organizers made this Day of Remembrance uniquely their own and proving a significant and visible force in the East Bay in the process.

For the full write-up, click on the following links:
IndayBay.org's "2nd Annual Alameda County Transgender Day of Remembrance":
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/22/18462901.php#1846912
or
The BAR article "Murdered trans people remembered at service":
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2454

Letters From Those That Were Unable To Attend 2007:
• Dr. Anthony Iton, Director, Alameda County Public Health Department

Letters From Those That Were Unable To Attend 2006:
• Pete Stark, Member Of Congress
• Barbara Lee, Member Of Congress
• Ellen Corbett, State Senator