Thursday November 20th, 2014 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
November 20, 2014
7-9 PMpride center at equality park
2040 N. Dixie Hwy., Wilton Manors, FL 33305
954-463-9005
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Annual candlelight vigil and remembrance of several hundred people documented as hatefully murdered this year because they are transgender. This includes a slide show with pictures and the recitation of the several hundred names on the list of our brothers and sisters murdered since the last TDoR on November 20, 2013. The event will be at The Pride Center, 2020 N Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors beginning around 7 PM (and we may be fashionably late…) 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 on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved. This is the list of those transgender people murdered in hate from November 21, 2012 to November 20, 2013. http://www.transgenderdor.org/
Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender — that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender people.
We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially since the events ofSeptember 11th. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.
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