{"id":5757,"date":"2024-11-20T15:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:18:58","slug":"what-to-read-and-watch-for-trans-day-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/what-to-read-and-watch-for-trans-day-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"What to read and watch for Trans Day of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"

November is Trans Awareness month, and Wednesday 20 November is Trans Day of Remembrance. Today, we honour those whose lives were stolen through acts of anti-trans violence in the past, we highlight the perspectives and realities of trans people in the present, and we reflect on how we can be part of fighting for a more equitable and just future.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about Trans Day of Remembrance on the GLAAD website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reading and watching the stories of trans people is critical to the work of equity and inclusion. We have hundreds of resources in our collection by trans people, about trans people. Here is a selected list of documentaries and books you can access for free with your Deakin Library credentials.<\/p>\n

What to watch<\/h2>\n

Georgie Girl<\/a><\/p>\n

This award-winning documentary is about the late Georgina Beyer, a transgender woman of M\u0101ori descent and former sex worker who was elected to the New Zealand Government by a largely white, rural electorate in the 1990s. Georgina was an inspiration to many, an example of a courageous individual who overcame adversity, marginalisation and discrimination.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about Georgina Beyer in this One from the vaults podcast episode with Morgan M Page:\u00a0\u00a0OFTV 6: The Art Of The Possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instructions for Survival<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexandre is a transgender person who has lived with his girlfriend Marie for more than seven years. Because of the mark \u201cfemale\u201d in his passport and his trans identity, Alexandre cannot find a job and has to lead a secret life. The violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity brings the couple to the decision to leave their homeland. To afford this exodus, Marie signs a contract to be a surrogate mother.<\/p>\n

The Pearl<\/a><\/p>\n

An intimate and cinematic profile of 4 transgender women that come out for the first time in their senior years. Set against the backdrop of logging towns in the Pacific Northwest, the visceral and observational story captures the indelible moment in time as they begin the long journey towards acceptance.<\/p>\n

Coming out as trans after decades of hiding from those closest to them, theirs is a story not of transitioning into womanhood, but rather explores what it means to leave behind living as a man.<\/p>\n

Casa Susanna<\/a><\/p>\n

In the 1950s and \u201960s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves. Told through the memories of those who visited, including the late Katherine Cummings from Australia, the film looks back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom and acceptance.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about Katherine Cummings in her human rights award winning memoir in our collection:\u00a0Katherine’s diary : the story of a transsexual \/ Katherine Cummings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember Me in Red<\/a><\/p>\n

Even when we choose to be our most authentic selves in our lives, how will we be remembered in death?<\/p>\n

Fidelia is arranging her best friend Alma\u2019s funeral, only to have Alma\u2019s parents arrive from Mexico and insist their son be buried as a male. In this heartbreaking story of strong emotions, memory, and truth, Alma\u2019s friends pull together to honour both the parents\u2019 wishes and those of Alma herself.<\/p>\n

The Accidental Archivist<\/a><\/p>\n

Julie Peters is a legend in the trans community in Australia and was the first person to transition at the ABC. Over the years she’s collected one of the most comprehensive trans archives in the country and this short documentary gives you a look inside this important archive and is a gateway to some local trans histories.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about Julie Peters\u2019 archive in this Archive Fever podcast episode\u00a0Live: Queering the Archive \u2014 ARCHIVE FEVER<\/a>\u00a0and check out her research in our collection:\u00a0A feminist post-transsexual autoethnography : challenging normative gender coercion \/ Julie Elizabeth Peters<\/a><\/p>\n

What to read<\/h2>\n