TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

An event sponsored by:

Baltimore Community Relations Commission
Brother Help Thyself
Connect to Protect: Baltimore
Equality Maryland
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore
Hearts and Ears, Inc.
Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland
Maryland AIDS Administration
New Wave Singers
Positive Voices
Project Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Towson Center for Student Diversity
TransUnited

Thursday, November 20, 2008
6:00 - 9:00
War Memorial Building
101 North Gay Street (corner of Gay and Fayette)
Baltimore, MD 21202


The 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.

Even as we see an increase of coverage on the lives of transgender and other gender-variant people in television and film, these crimes still occur at an alarming rate. Join us in remembering members of the Maryland community who have been killed because of their actual or perceived gender identity or expression. Honor their lives by joining a discussion on how to counteract these acts of hate and violence.


Have you survived an act of violence directed toward you because of your gender identity or expression? Have you faced discrimination in your life? Have you lost a close friend from a hate crime or other circumstances around their gender-variant status? If you would like to share your story at the event please contact us.



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