Transgender Day of Remembrance 2015: Those We've Losthttp://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/11/20/transgender-day-remembrance-2015-those-weve-lostThe
Advocate.comBy Sunnivie Brydum
November 20 2015 6:30 AM EST
Today marks the 16th annual Transgender Day of Rememberance, after the first event was organized by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in Allston, Mass., to memorialize Rita Hester — a trans woman of color killed in 1998.
Every year since, growing numbers of trans people and advocates worldwide take a moment to pause and remember the countless lives lost around the globe to transphobic violence. The somber occasion serves as a memorial event in which trans people and allies can mourn their dead, celebrate the lives they lived and as a popular hashtag in the wake of unabated anti-trans violence proclaims, #SayHerName. *********************************
