There will be a link provided for live streaming later this week on our event calendar. All those who attend in person must be masked and vaccinated. The ceremony will be from 11:05 - 11:45 am. The ceremony will take place at Stetson Chapel on the campus of Kalamazoo College. OutFront will partner with Kalamazoo College Office of Relious and Spiritual Life on November 19th to read the names of those who have been affected by anti-trans violence. Accessibility note: Happenings is fully wheelchair accessible, and an ASL interpreter will be at the event. Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021 is being cohosted by the Center for Gender and Sexuality, the Intercultural Center, PRIDE, and Wellness Services. This event will feature five local trans community members who will share their stories, in addition to remembering the trans community members that we have lost this year. The address is 143 Albany St, Ferndale, MI 48220 GNA will be holding our annual event at ZION Lutheran at 7pm. Transgender Michigan is encouraging and assisting in Day of Remembrance observances throughout the state. Transgender Michigan advocates and educates against transgender violence and discrimination. 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. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends, and lovers. Through the vigil, we express the love and respect for our people in the face of national indifferance and hatred. Day or Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that the media doesn't perform. The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. Over the last decade, more that one person per mouth has died due to transgender based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. The deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. We love you.The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.ДЄlthough not every person honored during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender, each was a victim of volence based on bais against transgender people. Samuel Edmund DamiГЎn Valentin Bianca вЂњMuffinвЂќ Bankz (30).We also hope this post serves as a reminder that each and every one of us plays a role in protecting trans folks and doing our part to keep them safe. We also remember those who have died in previous years and those who did not make this list yet are still not with us.ДЄs you read these names, we invite you to reflect on what this day means to gender diverse communities everywhere. Today, we quietly reflect and publicly mourn the loss of these beautiful souls whose lives were cut short due to anti-trans violence. Unsurprisingly, the majority of those who were killed are Black and Latinx and not one person on this list reached 50 years old. With the understanding that under- and misreporting is common, it is likely that this number is even higher, making 2021 the deadliest year for transgender and GNC folks. This vigil was the foundation for the vital tradition we now know as Transgender Day of Remembrance.ДЄccording to the Human Rights Campaign who tracks anti-trans violence, at the time of this writing, at least 45 transgender or gender non-conforming (GNC) folks have been killed. The first TDoR was a vigil to honour RitaвЂ™s life and all the other lives of the trans community whose lives had ended as a result of transphobic violence. TDoR began in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith in response to the murder of Rita Hester in 1998. Tragically, rates of addiction and mental health are often much higher for trans folks as are rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, particularly amongst trans youth. We also recognize, honour and remember the trans lives lost to suicide, mental health crises, addiction and other deaths of despair.

On November 20th each year, we recognize, honour and remember the lives, experiences and contributions of the transgender folks who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR).

Transgender day of remembrance 2021