[USA&]
Annual day marks transgender losses, triumphs
Vigils, services, and other events are being held Monday in 250 cities worldwide on the eighth Transgender Day of Remembrance, founded in 1999 in San Francisco by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor the memory of Rita Hester, who was slain in Boston the previous year. Hester's killing remains unsolved.


[FL, USA]

Vigil honors transgendered
In the dark, candlelight illuminated the faces of about 36 students who walked Monday night to honor people who were killed for living as a gender they were not born into.
Photo: Davier Rodriguez and Justo Molina hold their candles along with other students gathered on campus during the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honored victims of hate crimes based on gender identity.

[CA, USA]
Oakland Event Honors Transgender Victims of Hate Crimes, Celebrates Community Resources
November 20th was the 8th Transgender Day of Remembrance. An observation of the day was held on Sunday, November 19th in Oakland's Preservation Park.

[MA, USA]
For Transgender, a Day to Remember
Harvard students celebrated yesterday the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance for the first time since the University took steps to protect its affiliates from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.


[AZ, USA]
Campus takes stand against hate crimes
The dim glow of 77 candles illuminated the UA fountain yesterday, remembering 77 people who have fallen victims of hate crime as part of its "No Room for Hate on Campus" program and candlelight vigil.
PHOTO: Sharon Claros, hall director of Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, and Brian Shimamoto, director of Asian and Pacific American Student Affairs, light tea candles inside paper bags that have a story written on them about a victim of a hate crime. A candlelight vigil was held last night at the fountain in front of Old Main to remember these victims during the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Media Credit: Sam Shumaker


[VA, USA]
First vigil at Beach honors transgender victims
De Sube read from Psalms and prayed for the souls of brothers and sisters who had been killed. Then, before some 30 people gathered at New Life Metropolitan Community Church on Monday, she asked forgiveness for those responsible.
PHOTO: Names of victims are read aloud as the transgender community, family and friends hold lighted candles at a ceremony of remembrance. DELORES JOHNSON PHOTOS/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

[KS, USA]
Transgender woman speaks to students
Debra Davis talked in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance

[Canada]

Day to remember Transgender Victims
Several dozen people gathered at the University of Winnipeg yesterday to remember hundreds of transgender people who have been killed over the years for no apparent reason other than the way they look.
Photo: Tamara Robert attended the vigil at the U of W yesterday. MARCEL CRETAIN/SUN

[MD, USA] [Commentary]
Gender Identity: Not just biological determinism

According to Gwen Smith, a San Francisco-based transgender activist and founder of the Remembering Our Dead project, a transgender person is murdered every two weeks. In a recent editorial in the Washington Blade, Smith explains, "In a year, 26 people on average are dead. In a decade, that's 260 transgender people." In addition, 51 youths (individuals under the age of 30) have been murdered "in attacks motivated by their gender identity or expression," since 1995. Seven of those murders occurred in Washington.