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Content Warning:
Murder, Death, Hate Crimes, Transphobia.
If you are bothered by any of these, please read this post with caution.
This video by Skylar Kergil talks about the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which takes place today - November 20th - annually.
Skylar shared the following information about how TDOR got started,
"The Transgender Day of Remembrance was a day founded in order for us to memorialize those whose lives were lost due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. It is a day to raise awareness of anti-transgender hate crimes, as well as a day for us to mourn and honor those whose lives were lost who may be forgotten. Transgender Day of Remembrance, or TDOR if that's a simpler acronym for you, started in 1999 following the murder of Rita Hester in 1998.
Photo Credit: TransGRiot
Rita Hester was a transgender African American woman, murdered on November 28th 1998 in Boston, Massachusetts...She was killed in her apartment due to anti-transgender violence, just two days before her 35th birthday.
The reaction to that was an outpouring of grief and sadness into the streets, to hold a vigil just a few days later for Rita's honor. That vigil has turned into Transgender Day of Remembrance."
Skylar also shared an exceptional original poem titled Rita (in honor of Rita Hester mentioned above), but as he said "it is really for all of us." You can hear that by clicking the video link above or right here.
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Transgender: Someone whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
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