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Title: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Post by: Kate Thomas on November 20, 2006, 03:01:52 AM
Post by: Kate Thomas on November 20, 2006, 03:01:52 AM
Take a moment to remember today
http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/
http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/
QuoteThe Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities across the world.