Tag: Transgender Day of Remembrance
GLAAD observes Transgender Day of Remembrance
GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today joined organizers of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) to memorialize those who lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence and to raise public awareness around increasing rates of violence facing transgender people.
HRC Honors Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, joins in the commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Tuesday, November 20, 2012.
LGBT Organizations Urge Community to Remember Transgender People on Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Transgender Law Center, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the Trevor Project released the following statement regarding Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, 2010.
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today, the Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked across the world and Europe. This Day was established following a murder of Rita Hester in 1998 and serves as a reminder of existing prejudice, hatred and discrimination against trans people.