Transgender Day of Remembrance is an occasion in the LGBT community set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice (transphobia). The event is held on 20 November. It was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith[1] to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a San Francisco, California candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in hundreds of cities around the world.[2]
See also
- Transgender
- Transphobia
- Transgender activism
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of transgender-rights organizations
- List of unlawfully killed transgender people
- Marsha P. Johnson
References
- ^ "Remembering Our Dead". 2000-05-30. http://www.gender.org/remember/about/core.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ ‘Uniting for the greater cause’ www.sovo.com, November 14, 2008, Retrieved November 14, 2008
External links
- Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Transgender Day of Remembrance Houston
- Transgender Day of Remembrance Poster Project
- Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomics Project
- Information about the Day from GSA Network
- GLSEN's page of information on TDOR
- List of Transgender Day of Remembrance resources
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