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This V-Day, Let's Work Together to Prevent Violence Against <em>All<\/em> Women and Girls<\/b>
\nWe are representatives of the first all-transgender benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Eve Ensler supplemented The Vagina Monologues<\/em>, writing a transgender piece after having intimate conversations with a diverse group of women<\/a> in our community. It debuted in 2004 as part of the first all-transgender performance, which was cast without regard to transgender surgical status.<\/p>\n

That trans<\/a>-inclusive piece has been performed by trans<\/a> and non-trans<\/a> participants around the world as part of V-Day’s global fundraising efforts to end violence against women<\/a> and girls<\/a>. We feel it is one of many important steps which made the feminist movement more trans<\/a>-inclusive.<\/p>\n

The money our benefit performance raised went to Peace Over Violence, a trans<\/a>-inclusive anti-violence nonprofit, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and V-Day’s annual focus of 2004, violence against women<\/a> and girls<\/a> in Juarez, Mexico. The interviews and performance became the 2005 film Beautiful Daughters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

V-Day’s and Eve’s amazing response to concerns presented to them by trans<\/a> people has been inspirational. They made extraordinary efforts to make the play and the movement trans<\/a>-inclusive, changing many hearts and minds in the process.<\/p>\n

The goal of V-Day is to create a community which raises money and raises our voices together until violence against women<\/a> and girls<\/a> stops. Throughout the project’s history, Eve has added new monologues to include voices that were not heard in the original play.<\/p>\n

Hurtful labels and divisiveness are antithetical to the social justice movement, which encourages building bridges and finding common ground around shared goals. We encourage all trans<\/a> and genderqueer people interested in sharing their own unique voices to work with V-Day as we have. Our successful efforts with V-Day emerged from sharing our constructive criticism through direct outreach.<\/p>\n

The V-Day movement and Eve’s play continue to evolve and respond to issues of the day, and our work with the movement was meant to be the start of a conversation about including sex<\/a> and gender minorities. We encourage you to join us in working together to eliminate violence against all women<\/a> and girls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In love and solidarity,<\/p>\n

Calpernia Addams, producer
\nAndrea James, producer
\nLynn Conway, participant
\nValerie Spencer, participant<\/p>\n

www.huffingtonpost.com\/calpernia-addams\/post_8905_b_6497356.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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