March 28th, 2024
March 31 is the International Day of Transgender Visibility. This is an opportunity to celebrate:
- Two spirit people
- Transgender people
- Gender nonconforming people
- Nonbinary people
It is also a chance to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by trans people worldwide.
Trans-identifying people face ongoing pressure to change or conform in order to validate their identities. In recent years, there has been an increase in anti-trans hate and violence in schools, communities, workplaces and wider society. This comes as efforts persist to limit the right of trans people to exist equally and freely.
We must all continue to advocate with love and solidarity alongside the trans community so they may realize full and free lives.
Moving to Action
The International Day of Transgender Visibility is an opportunity to think and act in ways that make WRDSB schools trans-inclusive spaces. We all play an important part in a safe and inclusive Waterloo Region.
The WRDSB works to create school communities where all students, staff and families experience a sense of belonging, safety and inclusion. WRDSB wants our entire community to know: You are enough, just as you are.