Day of the Betrayed(Transgender Day of Remembarance)



TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBARANCE ,NOVEMBER-20

 My community has named this day Transgender Day of Remembrance in memory of transwomen and transmen who have lost their lives. I stand with them in holding up this day, with a new name "Day of the Betrayed"br
Yes. We were betrayed, we are and we are continuously being betrayed more than anyone else in this world. More than those black slaves, the dalits of India and cis-women.
The public who are bred with family as the building block, do you know we are betrayed by you! You are everywhere from family to state! And are being "careful" about denying us entry everywhere. This "carefulness" is apartheid. It's a murder weapon against us. You use it more fluently than brahmins, Brahmanism, racism or male chauvinism. That effluence is betrayal. And only us who had a taste of it knows how poisonous it is.
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photo courtesy by: Sanghapaliaruna



This betrayal of yours have prematurely sent number of talents, personalities, gifts of humanity to grave. What we experience today is much less than what our elders faced. Whenever their memories float up I think your cells must have been made of stone. To break your stone made cells of betrayal and make then human. Now!
We arise from the graves of our elders.
Not as tender grass, But as tough chisels.
We'll shape this world with our protests and battle cry.

 In this day, I promise on the graves of my elders that we'll build a world of gender equality.



tamil to english Translated by Vetri (LJ Violet)

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