Gwendolyn Ann Smith

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Gwendolyn Smith
Smith in 2017
Born (1967-06-22) June 22, 1967 (age 56)
Occupation(s)Activist
Writer
Known forTransgender rights movement
Websitehttp://gwensmith.com/

Gwendolyn Smith (born 22 July 1967) is an American transgender woman from the San Francisco Bay Area[1] who co-founded Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize people who have been killed as a result of transphobia. Trans/Active: A Biography of Gwendolyn Ann Smith is a biography about Smith published in July 2017.[2][3]

Life

Born July 22, 1967, Smith is a

transgender activist, writer, and graphic designer.[4] From 1993 to 1998, she ran the Transgender Community Forum on AOL, which was one of the first public online forums for transgender people.[5] Since 2000, she has been a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter. Her column is called "Transmissions."[6] Her essay, "We're all Someone's Freak," is in the Norton Reader 14th edition.[7] She also manages the website Genderfork.[5][6]

Smith founded a website called Remembering Our Dead, which memorializes people (going back to 1970) who have died as a direct result of hatred and prejudice based on gender.

anti-transgender violence.[5][8] In 2012, Gwendolyn Smith wrote an article for Huffington Post titled, "Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why We Remember".[9] In addition, she is published in Kate Bornstein's book, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. [10]

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Smith began Transgender Day of Remembrance in November 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in 1998.[5][11] It now happens every year on November 20, and is observed all over the United States, in over 200 cities, and in different countries.[12][13][14][15] The week leading up to the Day of Remembrance has become Transgender Awareness Week.[16]

References

  1. ^ Burns, Katelyn (20 November 2019). "Founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith on the 20th Anniversary of Transgender Day of Remembrance". Vogue. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  2. OCLC 1048739097
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  3. ^ "About TDOR". Transgender Day of Remembrance. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  4. ^ a b Inkster, Andy (2009). Gwendolyn Ann Smith (1967–) from LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Green Wood Press. pp. 1143–1144.
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    OCLC 1002218557.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  6. ^ a b "Gwendolyn Ann Smith | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. ISBN 978-0393264111
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  8. ^ a b "memorializing 2015". Transgender Day of Remembrance. 2015-10-06. Archived from the original on 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  9. ^ Smith, Gwendolyn Ann (2012-11-20). "Transgender Day Of Remembrance: Why We Remember". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  10. ISBN 9781580053082
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  11. ^ Ransbottom, Nick (2013). "What does transgender mean?". The Charleston Gazette.
  12. ^ martiabernathey (2016-09-27). "TDoR Events and Locations 2016". Transgender Day of Remembrance. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  13. S2CID 7786376
    – via Proquest.
  14. ^ "Transgender Day of Remembrance #TDOR - November 20". GLAAD. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  15. ProQuest 1734958765
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  16. ^ "Transgender Awareness Week". GLAAD. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

External links

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