Why the Transgender Day of Remembrance?

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (20th November) was set aside to memorialise those who were killed due to anti-Transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honour 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.

Not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as Transgender — that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against Transgender people.

This is a revised version of an earlier video I made for STILL FIERCE. That version had bad sound. I've revised and expanded that. Hope this is a better presentation.

MUSIC
Private Reflection; Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/); Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

LINKS
International Transgender Day of Remembrance
http://www.transgenderdor.org/
Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomics Project
http://tdor_archive.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=1

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[RichardE6000]

What does Divine Brown (with Hugh Grant) have to do with transgendered persons?. She's a biological woman. You may want to edit that out...Just sayin'..but thanks for posting overall.

[LauraSeabrook]

@RichardE6000 Isn't she the trans sex worker he got caught with?

[Homophobiawatch]

Very good video !

Let's keep saying no to homophobia

and transphobia !

▼HOMOPHOBIAWATCH▼

[LauraSeabrook]

@Homophobiawatch Thanks. Saw the post you made. Who's "Sarah"?

[zebrockway]

A thought provoking video. It's a sad fact that people alway's fear what they can't understand. In extreme cases this then becomes hate. Those that perpetrate these crimes need to be brought to justice ! it's unforgivable.

[Billymaysfan6837]

Great work!

[paulahare2]

very very good work thank 's