Author: Michael Tino

“Joy is an act of resistance.” -Toi Derricotte

Experience joy today.

We don’t know when your birthday is, but we are clear that you are worth celebrating. We are glad you’re here. We are glad you were born. You deserve a song and a treat, and maybe even a party. We celebrate you today, whenever your birthday might be.

Treat yourself with kindness and respect today. Someone else is glad you were born.

Each November 20, communities all around the world pause to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This year, we honor the 426 transgender people who were murdered or who died by suicide in the past year. The list is always too long–even one person on that list is too many. And yet, we must remember. And the list, however long, is incomplete. We remember them.

Take a moment today to remember and grieve. If you can, visit Remembering Our Dead and read the list of names or watch the slide show for a while.

“Spirit of Life and Love, help us to be known and to know each other. Let us see the beauty spilling out. Keep us vulnerable and open, speaking our own truth and listening—always listening—to the truths of others.” – Amanda Poppei

Have you had an experience of being truly known in all of your beauty? Tell us about it.

“Spirit of abundance, may we be with one another in solidarity and struggle. May the presence of one another, across oceans of separation, allow hope and optimism to rise.” -Tuli Patel

Who do you feel connected to today?