Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance

While news of this year's election and the conflict in Iraq has dominated the media, anti-transgender violence has continued to occur at the same levels set more than a decade ago. To recognize this problem, the 6th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will be honored in San Francisco on November 20th, 2004, to honor those who might otherwise have been missed by the media, as well as to draw attention to this continuing problem.

Scheduled to speak at this year's event are members of the families of Gwen Araujo and Toni "Delicious" Green, both victims of anti-transgender violence.

The event will kick off with a candlelight march down Market Street, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Harvey Milk Plaza, at 16th and Castro. Marchers will reach the LGBT Community Center around 7:30 p.m. for an event marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance, to be held in the Rainbow Room.

Joining an already lengthy list of sponsors this year is the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade Committee, which has shown an increasing interest in the local transgender community. Also playing an important part in the event this year is Youth Gender Project, which is hosting its annual conference, Genderblast, earlier on the same day.

San Francisco will be one of hundreds of cities across the world participating in the event. Other prominent locations this year include Tel Aviv, Israel, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Washington, D.C.

The event is right around the corner, and we need *you* to help make it the best event it can be.

We are looking for volunteers to assist with this year's march in San Francisco.

You would be required to meet at Castro and Market at 6:00 p.m. in advance of the march, and would need to be able to march the full mile to the LGBT Center, and be in charge of a number of other marchers.

If you are willing and able to assist with the march, and would like to
volunteer, please check in at http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/sfvol.html and let us know!

The Remembering Our Dead project exists to honor individuals murdered as a result of anti-transgender violence and prejudice, and draw attention to the issue of anti-transgendered violence. Remembering Our Dead is a project of Gender Education and Advocacy, Inc.