On Thursday, November 20th from 6PM to 8PM, there will be a memorial service for the National Transgender Day or Remembrance. The memorial will be held on the Halifax Mall closest to the corner of Salisbury St. and Lane St. in Raleigh, NC. This is the green space that connects the NC State Legislative Building with other government buildings.
Please join us in observance of National Transgender Day of Remembrance. Throughout the world, people gather this day every year to pay respect to those needlessly killed by hate crimes against the transgender community, and to call attention to the threat of violence faced by gender-variant people.
The program will include a message from Janice Covington Allison from TransCarolina, experts from the lives and deaths of those who have passed, and reflections from the community. It will end with a candlelight vigil to honor those who have been victims of violence.
The program is being sponsored by a coalition of the leaders of many state and national GLBT organizations, local Gay-Straight Alliances, and community members accross the state! Everyone is welcome!
Please contact Madeline Goss at madeline dot goss at gmail dot com for more information. You can also read more about the TGDoR at http://www.transgenderdor.org.
*Please no filming or photography without direct permission from the individuals being filmed or photographed*
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