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TDORR Miami's Vision

TThe TDORR Miami organizing committee envisions a world where all transgender & gender expansive folks, especially Black, Brown, and Indigenous, can live and thrive without being bound by the shackles of white supremacy and systemic oppression. We are committed to creating a world where the life expectancy of Black trans women is not 35. We are committed to creating a world where trans men are free from the hands of violence. We are committed to creating a world where non-binary and gender expansive siblings are not invisible, invalidated, and ridiculed. A world where our community is no longer at risk of becoming another hashtag. A liberated world that gives us our right to live our lives, at their most affirming, to completion.

History of TDORR Miami

In 2013, a local cisgender “ally” delivered a speech at Miami’s TDORR written by a trans woman of color, failing to credit her, and owning her story as his own. When this was discovered, he failed to be accountable. Several local trans people vowed to never let that happen again. Since then, the Miami Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience (TDORR) grassroots planning committee has brought the community together to respectfully mourn and honor the lives of trans people lost, while also focusing on resiliency, and uplifting the lives of trans people living in our community. We center trans/non-binary performers and speakers, and the event itself is organized by an entirely trans/non-binary committee. Last year, over 200 people were in attendance for this event.

Our 2025 TDORR Committee

logan meza (they/them)

Jack Jordan (they/them)

Jack Jordan (they/them)

logan has organized since the age of 17 in various capacities, including co-founding SOUL Sisters Leadership Collective, co-founding South FL Mutual Aid (which distributed upwards of $100,000 at the height of the pandemic), co-organizing TDORR Miami for years, and more. They are now at The Brown Boi Project (BBP) developing youth programming for TGNC young people in Florida and beyond, centered around social justice, emotional wellness, healing, financial wellness, and self actualization -- all while holding down operations for the organization. They are dedicated to this work, as they believe it is their duty to sow the seeds that will turn into the fruit bearing trees that nourish future generations. It also gets them closer to liberation in their lifetime while figuring out what joy and freedom looks like in our lifetime.

Jack Jordan (they/them)

Jack Jordan (they/them)

Jack Jordan (they/them)

Jack is a disabled, queer, non-binary Black Puerto Rican organizer who has been active in South Florida activism for over a decade. Their work centers queer and trans liberation, healthy relationships, accessible spaces, risk-aware safer sex, and youth empowerment. Known for their visibility and bold outspokenness against injustice, Jack also uses their art and graphic design to support community initiatives and fundraising.

They have devoted countless hours to TDORR Miami, first speaking in 2013 and then serving on the organizing committee from 2015 to present, helping to bring youth-centric ideas to the event. Jack also offers TDORR a blend of deep awareness, lived experience, and intersectional analysis. They are now the Youth Engagement Organizer at Georgia Equality, where they create inclusive events and build networks of support and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ youth.

LJ Woolston (he/they)

Jack Jordan (they/them)

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

 Born and raised in Miami, LJ Woolston is a queer and trans activist, social worker, aspiring abolitionist, writer, speaker, and photographer. LJ has worked in youth homelessness for over a decade, and is currently the Program Lead for a new project in Miami that centers LGBTQIA+ young people and youth living with HIV, offering three different forms of housing - emergency, transitional, and rapid re-housing. He is also the founder of Transpire Trainings & Consulting, which offers dynamic trans-led trainings, speaking engagements, and consulting. He recently completed the national Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders program and is a proud Point Foundation Alum. Alongside Jack, LJ is one of the founding co-organizers for TDORR Miami and has served on the committee since inception.

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

Kenneth is a transmasculine latino person who grew up in Miami, and has been operating as a queer saboteur in Dade since 2016. He focuses on education spaces and finding ways to make STEM, and specifically Physics spaces, more open to (and better structured for) underrepresented minorities and queer people in the field.

Lila M. (they/them)

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

Lila M. (they/them)

 Lila is a nonbinary single parent and a local organizer with their local DSA chapter. This is Lila's first year organizing with TDORR Miami. They are also passionate about fighting for labor rights in their workplace and building mutual aid networks in their community to secure a better future for their daughter. 

YOU (in 2026)

Kenneth Lopez (they/he)

Lila M. (they/them)

If you are interested in becoming part of this visionary, grassroots, and entirely trans/enby-led committee, please drop us an email at: tdorrmiami@gmail.com


[image above is a stock photo - 

they cute though!]

TDORR Committee Politic

 The decision to host this event independently, and not under the umbrella of a non-profit (local or national), is deeply intentional and rooted in long-standing tensions within South Florida's queer and trans communities. Over time, there have been a number of incidents that have caused severe harm to trans/non-binary people that have either been unaddressed or unresolved. This has led to hesitancy with trusting non-profits and has caused fractures in interpersonal relationships. 


The decision to remain grassroots and accept sponsorships only from entities that stand in genuine and ongoing solidarity with us has been the container for retaining the integrity of the event and honoring those we have lost in the best way that we can. We look forward to the day when unresolved tensions can be addressed, healing can occur, and trust can be rebuilt. 

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