Tag: remembrance day

Statistics: about 81 transgender people were beaten and murdered around the world this year. This is the number of the victims whose deaths were reported. But there are some deaths that remained unreported. Today it is the 16th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. The first remembrance event was organized by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in Allston, Massachusetts to commemorate a trans woman of color, Rita Hester, who was killed in 1998. Every year the number of trans people murders grows extremely rapid worldwide. People need...