CHRC to Co-Host the "Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance"

Friday, November 20th

Written by Paula Ison, Secretary, CHRC Board of Commissioners

"Transgender Day of Remembrance" (TDOR) is held worldwide every November to remember all transgender people murdered in the past twelve months because of transgender hatred or prejudice. TDOR initially honored Rita Hester whose murder started the “Remembering Our Dead” web project with a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder, like most transgender murder cases has yet to be solved.

This year’s TDOR is on Friday, November 20th, at 7pm at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center at 3711 Clifton Avenue. A reception will immediately follow after the event.

TDOR in intended to raise public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media does not perform. TDOR publicly mourns and honors the lives of transgender people who might otherwise be forgotten. Through TDOR we express love and respect in the face of national indifference. TDOR gives transgender people and their allies an opportunity to step forward and memorialize those who have died-by violence.