How many of us are planning to attend a Day of Remembrance Service this month? I am going, and for the first time, I am one of the speakers. My church is putting it on, and we are the only ones in town doing this. There are over 300 victims on the list now, and there have been over 20 since the service last year. One murder occurred just a couple of weeks ago. We are calling it the Candlelight Vigil, and it is next Wednesday evening. The minister even pre-empted all other Wednesday night services and classes to hold it. I have invited every trans person I can get in touch with. I can't believe some of the excuses I am getting for not going. Some of us have to work, well so be it, that cannot be helped, but to not go just because it might interfere with our drinking, watching TV, or the excuse that "Churches give me the creeps" are just plain stupid and lazy. Screw them. I always go to a Trans friend's home for Thanksgiving dinner, but this year I am not going, because she accused my church of using guilt to get money from people. She has never been there. My church has never asked for money, except to help someone who is sick. And her excuse for not visiting sick friends in the hospital, is that "It's just too sad, it might bring me down"... I think she's just enormously lazy. Sad, isn't it?
