In Honor of our Fallen Brothers and Sisters on this Day of Remembrance
Filed by: Kelley Winters
November 22, 2009 2:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/in_honor_of_our_fallen_brothers_and_sisters_on_thi.phpMy sisters, brothers, friends and allies,
Tonight, on this eleventh International Transgender Day of Remembrance, we come together once again to honor those who lost their lives to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Our annual Day of Remembrance was founded by Gwendolyn Smith in 1998 and is observed each November 20 in communities around the world today. Attorney and advocate Lisa Gilinger has called this tradition our holy day in the trans community.
Thank you for joining us this evening, for sharing your sorrow, your grief, your fear, your outrage and your support.
I am especially grateful to the Gender Identity Center of Colorado for sponsoring this event and to the United Church of Christ for once again providing this beautiful sanctuary.
