Remember
SLDN joins our friends and allies in the LGBT community today in observing the 9th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The 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.
SLDN takes a moment today to also remember the transgender veterans of armed forces, who have sacrificed so much in service to our country. We salute the Transgender American Veterans Association, and all groups in our community working to end bias and discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression.
For more information on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, click here. And for a list of events around the country, visit Pam's House Blend online.
And today, please join SLDN in remembering.
- Steve RallsLabels: transgender issues
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