Transgender Day of Remembrance memorializes people killed in acts of transphobic violence. It was founded in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman murdered in Massachusetts the previous year.
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@HRC, a record 37 trans and gender non-conforming people have been killed in violent acts nationwide since the start of the year. The majority of the victims are Black trans women and femmes.Show this thread -
Violent acts against trans and gender non-conforming people often go unreported or misreported, so the actual number of those killed may be higher.
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On Nov. 13, Mayor Frey and Council approved a resolution to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance and acknowledges that “there is much work ahead in our duties to help co-create a safer, more equitable city for our transgender and gender non-conforming community members.”
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It's a lot easier to change the color of some lights than materially help the lives of your trans residents in any way
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How about a day of remembrance for Minneapolis own executioner Derek Chauvin?https://countercurrents.org/2020/05/the-empires-executioners/ …
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Love this city.
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Bless you! This is wonderful.
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