Transgender community remembers the fallenhttp://collegian.csufresno.edu/2015/11/15/transgender-community-remembers-the-fallen/Collegian/Posted by: Collegian Staff Nov 15, 2015 By: Myles Barker and Nikki McCabe
Well over a hundred people gathered Saturday at the Unitarian Universalist Church in northeast Fresno for the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
"In addition to a number of transgender people reflecting on their experiences through short stories, poetry and dancing, the event also included a resource fair, an art display, a memorial reading and a free dinner.
The purpose of the event was to raise awareness and honor transgender people who have been murdered or committed suicide in the past year. A recent report from the Human Rights Campaign, in partnership with the Trans People of Color Coalition, stated the number of killings of transgender people this year has nearly doubled from last year, with 21 murders nationwide."
