The Transgender Day of Visibility is every year on March 31, and this year the day will be celebrated here on USC's campus.
Tuesday night will offer a screening of "TransVisible: Bamby Salcedo's Story," a film about Bamby Salcedo, a trans Latina woman, who is now an international leader and trans community advocate.
The screening is scheduled at the USC Law School, room 135 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will offer a panel discussion following the presentation of the movie. The panel will consist of local Trans women talking about their lives and experiences in activism.
The event is sponsored by LGBT Programs at USC, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, SC Equality TransAction Network and BGLSA.
According to the event’s Facebook page, the documentary seeks to “educate the public about the courage and resilience of Trans people in the face of adversity, and it will also reveal how connected we are through the shared values of love, commitment and compassion for one another.”
Transgender Day of Visibility was founded in 2010 by a Michigan-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall. Her vision was to inspire and celebrate transgender people in lieu of the typical approach to LGBT holidays.
Per Crandall’s vision, the main goal of observed day is to show support for the Transgender community — unlike the Transgender Day of Remembrance — it is a day to be empowered and bring attention to the accomplishments of transgender people around the globe.
The movie screening is the the second event of “Gaypril 2015,” a month of events scheduled by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in order to educate the USC community and support the LGBT/ally faculty, staff and students at USC.