Q. We want to have some sort of recognition of the violence against transgendered people. What sort of events can be done?

A. The National 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. Check their website for more information on the Day of Remembrance. The Day is now being observed on November 20 (so as not to interfere with Thanksgiving holidays).

Here are online resources to help with observances:
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/how.html

• Remembering Our Dead List of Names/Location/Date of Death/Cause of Death (DOC)
• Remembering Our Dead List of Names Only (DOC)
• Anti-Trans Murders: Over One A Month (PDF)
• Trans Murder Statistics 1970 to 2002 (PDF)
• Day of Remembrance Supply List (PDF)
• Remembering Our Dead trans “trine” (TIF)

gender.org notes that several sites are going to "black out" the main page of their website on the 20th. Your office/program might consider doing the same on that date.

Last updated 8/29/02 

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