December is Trans Child Awareness Month in Multnomah County
This just in from Transactive:
Thanks to the efforts of TransActive Advisory Board member Aaron Ridings and Commissioner Deborah Kafoury, the month of December will be declared “Transgender Child Awareness Month” in Multnomah County, Oregon.
Last year, the City of Portland made a similar declaration for the first week of December, becoming the first municipality in the nation to recognize the lives and challenges of transgender children, youth and their families in this way. This year, Multnomah becomes the first county in the nation to issue such recognition, expanding it to the entire month of December.
Excerpt:
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners finds, whereas:
Transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth are among the least understood, most marginalized and underserved of populations despite constituting at least 1% of all children and youth;
The Multnomah County Board of Commissionersproclaims:
The month of December 2011 as Transgender Children Awareness Month, a month of special importance and worthy of recognition of the citizens of Multnomah County.
The proclamation will take place at 9:30 AM on December 1, 2011 at the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners building, located at 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland. It is open to the public and TransActive Executive Director Jenn Burleton will be speaking.
