Post by Zabimaru on Apr 19, 2009 19:03:50 GMT -5
I was reading through a thread about the National Day of Silence, and was reminded of another thing that I like.
The Webcomics Project is a part of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is a yearly event to honor and remember those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Of course I think that this is a noble cause, but why am I writing about it on the Creative Outlets board?
Well, I know that there are a lot of people in this forum who are for LGBT-rights, and I’ve seen on this board that there are some good artists. So I'm writing here, hoping that there are some nice, anti-bigotry artists here, and that there could maybe be some additional contributions to the webcomic project this year.
I think that the issue of violence against trans-persons is a sadly often overlooked aspect of LGBT-rights, and I find things like this very important. I’m not under the illusion that some comics will have a huge impact on the people who are actually likely to perform that violence, but I think that they are very good at reminding good, non-bigoted people that the problem exists and needs to be addressed.
I will admit that I actually needed something like it to remember the problem; for some reason it's an injustice that is often forgotten.
I’m not much of an artist myself yet, but I am trying to improve, and if I can improve enough I’m certainly going to start some simple webcomic in the future, and I’ll definitely draw something for this. And I hope that more people will; there does seem to be more comics on their list every year and I hope that the list will continue to grow.
I actually don’t know how they add new comics to their official list, but if it’s hard to be added nothing is stopping me or anyone else from spreading the word anyway. Hey, it’s the internet.
So, for anyone who might be interested in participating it’s November 16th to the 22nd . And of course you can all look at the archives of their comics here: www.dolari.org/dor/index.htm
Not all of the comics are brilliant, but they all speak to me. Whenever members of a group are subjected to bigotry and violence based on just who they are, it's so very sad and I'll be man enough to admit that the comics in the project can make me cry.
For those who don't have the time to click the link and browse the archive, I'm posting a few semi-random examples from previous years below.
The Webcomics Project is a part of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is a yearly event to honor and remember those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Of course I think that this is a noble cause, but why am I writing about it on the Creative Outlets board?
Well, I know that there are a lot of people in this forum who are for LGBT-rights, and I’ve seen on this board that there are some good artists. So I'm writing here, hoping that there are some nice, anti-bigotry artists here, and that there could maybe be some additional contributions to the webcomic project this year.
I think that the issue of violence against trans-persons is a sadly often overlooked aspect of LGBT-rights, and I find things like this very important. I’m not under the illusion that some comics will have a huge impact on the people who are actually likely to perform that violence, but I think that they are very good at reminding good, non-bigoted people that the problem exists and needs to be addressed.
I will admit that I actually needed something like it to remember the problem; for some reason it's an injustice that is often forgotten.
I’m not much of an artist myself yet, but I am trying to improve, and if I can improve enough I’m certainly going to start some simple webcomic in the future, and I’ll definitely draw something for this. And I hope that more people will; there does seem to be more comics on their list every year and I hope that the list will continue to grow.
I actually don’t know how they add new comics to their official list, but if it’s hard to be added nothing is stopping me or anyone else from spreading the word anyway. Hey, it’s the internet.
So, for anyone who might be interested in participating it’s November 16th to the 22nd . And of course you can all look at the archives of their comics here: www.dolari.org/dor/index.htm
Not all of the comics are brilliant, but they all speak to me. Whenever members of a group are subjected to bigotry and violence based on just who they are, it's so very sad and I'll be man enough to admit that the comics in the project can make me cry.
For those who don't have the time to click the link and browse the archive, I'm posting a few semi-random examples from previous years below.