Trans Day of Remembrance–11/20/09

This year marked the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day 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 in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities across the world.

This year alone at least 100 transgender people have been murdered in the world and at least a dozen in the United States.

COGA got together and made shirts to commemorate this event. White t-shirts were used as a sign of solidarity. We distributed them outside Blanchard on Skinner Green and shared a moment of silence for all the transfolk and gender-nonconforming people whose journeys were tragically ended by hatred and discrimination.

“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” -George Santayanna

Thank you all for a successful event, where much love, unity, and friendship was shared!

*ps: thanks for the poster brittany! and the pics stephanie! and all the wonderful work coga members and allies have done!