"We need to understand the violence and motivation and hate in order to stop it." @woodstiff leads off on today's Transgender Day of Remembrance educational event at the Fall 2021 @CA_Dem conference. 1/ 
"What leads to violence? There's anti-trans stigma, there's discrimination" @woodstiff highlights a report from @HRC at thehrcfoundation.org/reports/an-epi… 2/
Chair of the @SFDemocrats, @honeymahogany talks about San Francisco's Transgender District, and how the Trans District worked to provide money to people for rent, groceries, as well as testing & vaccines. @transdistrictsf transgenderdistrictsf.com
The district has also run the Housing Opportunities for Trans Tenants program, providing housing in San Francisco and Oakland, and has a website KnowOurPlace.com to highlight the district.
Next the @CA_Dem Trans Day of Remembrance discussion turns to the challenges at the national level. 33 states have introduced anti-trans legislation, such as bathroom bills, youth sports bans, and bans on trans medical care.
That said, California's progress is recent, and activists are working hard elsewhere. One of the panelists described moving from California to Arkansas as "it felt like going back in time 20 years". Talks about the fight in Fayetteville, AR to pass a LGBTQ civil rights ordinance
Voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas passed a LGBTQ civil rights ordinance at the ballot. Republican legislature then passed a state law to override it. Activists keep fighting. 2021 had first Trans March in Arkansas.
for those wondering why there are so many Republican anti-trans state bills, many of these are "Cookie-cutter laws" handed to Republican legislatures from conservative organizations.
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