{"id":3712,"date":"2017-12-21T03:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T03:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2018-03-06T23:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:03:01","slug":"humber-college-brings-awareness-to-transgender-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=3712","title":{"rendered":"Humber College Brings Awareness to Transgender Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"A<\/span>ccording to an article in the Huffington Post, Transgender Canadians face constant threats of violence and become targets of directed violence every day being, forced to live in fear just for being who they are. The Humber North campus provides students with an LGBTQ+ Resource Centre which offers them a safe space to find comfort, support and knowledge for issues such as transgender violence.<\/p>\n

Humber recently held an information event to promote awareness for transgender violence called \u201cTrans Day of Remembrance 2017\u201d which was held on Nov. 20. This event gave staff and students the chance to come out and show their support for the trans community as well as better educate themselves on the topic. A PowerPoint presentation was shown displaying multiple trans people who have been killed due to transgender violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really nice to see that Humber shows this kind of support for the LGBTQ community,\u201d Says third-year justice studies student, Alyssa Gibney. \u201cI wasn\u2019t aware of the seriousness of transgender violence until this event, but I am glad I do now.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were a number of events held around the GTA similar to the one that Humber hosted to honour those we have lost to transgender violence. This is a baby step in the right direction on the path to raising awareness for this serious issue.<\/p>\n

Humber does it\u2019s very best to provide the LGBTQ community with a safe, comfortable and support environment to ensure they feel the equality they deserve, \u201cI personally believe that Humber shows strong support for the LGBTQ+ community. At least in my own experience, I have only felt respected and supported while on campus\u201d Says Cal Campos, a third-year media studies student and member of the trans gender community. Cal also attended the event and said, \u201cthis was the first Trans Day of Remembrance event I\u2019ve ever been to, and it honestly really moved me. I teared up quite the bit seeing my trans siblings who have been killed because of their very existence. It\u2019s definitely something to think about: that could\u2019ve easily been me on the PowerPoint of individuals killed for being transgender.\u201d<\/p>\n

Humber Dean of Students, Jen McMillen also feels as though the school does a good job of showing support to the LGBTQ community saying, \u201cI think we\u2019ve made tremendous progress in recent years\u201d giving credit to the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre as well as The Gender and Sexual Diversity Committee. \u201cThe Committee has been very active for many years, and has really helped the institution move forward on a number of initiatives\u201d Says Jen McMillen.<\/p>\n

Jen McMillen also attended Humber\u2019s \u201cTrans day of Remembrance 2017\u201d and thought the turn out for the event was great saying \u201cI often say whoever shows up is who was meant to be there. There were lots of students and staff who invested time in planning this event, and to me it\u2019s clear it had a tremendous impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recognition of transgender violence is increasing but there is still a lot more to be done. It is important for everyone to familiarize themselves with the issue and take the steps necessary to do what they can to spread awareness. Students at Humber can take the time to stop by LGBTQ+ Resource Centre to learn a little bit more about this issue and see what they can do to prevent it from happening in the future.<\/p>\n

For drop-in hours at the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre visit: https:\/\/humber.ca\/lgbtq\/resource-centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to an article in the Huffington Post, Transgender Canadians face constant threats of violence and become targets of directed violence every day being, forced to live in fear just for being who they are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[141],"tags":[309,123,308,310],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}