BCFM ran a one-hour trans-themed special this evening. There are little bits of interview with me spread about the broadcast, but don’t let that put you off. There’s plenty other content from Nathan, co-presenter Steffi, studio guest Tara and so on. Part of me wants to quibble that it is trans awareness broadcast rather than a TDOR thing, and I tend to get very angry with people who say that TDOR is too gloomy and we should focus on positives instead. Focusing on positives doesn’t stop trans people getting killed, it just allows those who are not getting killed to feel less guilty about it, which in turn stops them doing something about it.
Then again, education is badly needed, and this show has gone out to a mainstream audience. I’m sure that it will have done some good.
You can listen to the show here.
I agree completely that TDOR is a very good thing. Quite apart from the general all-around goodness of acknowledging the tragedy of so many lives taken, it’s a great way of raising awareness of just how dangerous things are out there. I would hazard a guess that most cis people have no idea.
I suspect that many of them assume that trans people are perverts and criminals who associate with other perverts and criminals, and who therefore face risk of murder as an occupational hazard.