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Trans Day of Remembrance
November 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A community event will be held on Sunday November 17 from 7:00-8:00 pm at the Southside Cultural Center in Providence, RI, to remember those we have lost over the past year due to anti-transgender bias, prejudice, or hatred. All are welcome.
The International Transgender Day of Remembrance began with a single candlelight vigil in San Francisco in 1998 after the murder of Rita Hester, a well-known transgender woman who was brutally murdered on November 28, 1997 and subsequently treated very disrespectfully by the Boston Police Department and various other media outlets. Her murder is still unsolved, even though the police had several suspects at the time of the murder. Advocates believe it is because the police did not take the murder of a transgender woman seriously.
Now, the transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse community, along with its advocates and allies, gather in communities around the world each November to remember the lives that our community has lost to gender identity / gender expression related bias. We call on all LGBTQ community allies and advocates to join us at this solemn yet powerfully inspiring event
