ABOUTThe Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
"The Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people -- sometimes in the most brutal ways possible -- it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice." More information on Transgender Day of Rememborance can be found by visiting:
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Those we've lost this yearMonica Loera (43), Austin, TX
Jasmine Sierra (52), Bakersfield, CA Maya Young (25), Philadelphia, PA Kendarie/Kandicee Johnson (16), Burlington, IA Keyonna Blakeney (22), Rockville, MD Tyreece “Reecey” Walker (32), Wichita, KS Mercedes Successful (32), Haines City, FL Amos Beede (38), Burlington, VT Devin Diamond (22), New Orleans, LA Deeniquia Dodds (22), Washington D.C. Dee Whigham (36), St. Martin, MS Erykah Tijerina (36), El Paso, TX Rae’lynn Thomas (28), Columbus, OH TT Saffore (26), Chicago, IL Crystal Edmonds (32), Baltimore, MD Brandi Bledsoe (32), Cleveland, OH Sierra/Simon Bush (18), Idaho City, ID Noony Norwood (30), Richmond, VA India Monroe (29), Newport News, VA Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow (28), Sioux Falls, SD Mesha Caldwell (41), Canton, OH Jojo Striker (23), Toledo, OH Jaquarrius Holland (18), Monroe, LA Tiara Lashay “The Boss” Richmond (aka Keke Collier) (24), Chicago, IL Chyna Gibson (31), New Orleans, LA Ciara McElveen (27), New Orleans, LA Alphonza Watson (38), Baltimore, MD Kenne McFadden (26), San Antonio, TX Chayviss Reed (28), Miami, FL Kenneth Bostick (59), New York, NY Sherrell Faulkner (46), Charlotte, NC Josie Berrios (aka Kendra Adams and Kimbella Rosé) (28), Ithaca, NY Ava Le'Ray Barrin (17), Athens, GA Ebony Morgan (28), Lynchburg, VA TeeTee Dangerfield (32), College Park, GA Gwynevere River Song (26), Waxahachie, TX Kiwi Herring (30), Saint Louis, MO Ally Lee Steinfeld (17), Houston, TX Kashmire Redd (28), Gates, VA Derricka Banner(26), Charlotte, NC |
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Hosted by LSU Office of Multicultural Affairs
Monday, November 20 at 7:44 PM - 8:30 PM LSU Women's Center |
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