if not, it is a day to remember all the transgender people who have been killed due to being victims of hate crimes by transphobic and/or homophobic people. You can read these stories at:
www.rememberingourdead.org
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/
If you ARE familiar, do you have plans for this day?
2007-11-08 03:18:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
http://www.rememberingourdead.org/
that's the site for the "memorial wall" if you will.
2007-11-08 03:21:46 · update #1
FTW..usually there are candlelight vigils held in various cities across the country. We have one in Austin going on. Also, on my campus, everyone involved in the GLBT community is wearing black arm bands with the name of someone written in white on it. Then, if people ask why we're wearing them, we hand them little flyers with the explanation of the Day of Remembrance on it.
2007-11-08 03:28:00 · update #2
dirk..me and another FTM friend of mine that's a grad student in sociology are seriously considering going. Just trying to figure out a budget. It's not easy being a broke college student :(
2007-11-08 03:32:22 · update #3
I've never heard of it, thank you for bringing it to my attention!
Now that I know, I'll do something to honor those brave people who did all they could to be true to themselves.
Any suggestions?
2007-11-08 03:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by FTW 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Thank you for bringing this up, I didn't know actually of an official day, though I will think of some way to honor them... unfortunately this "city" I live in is about as anti-GLBT as it gets... there are no local groups, no nothing that I know of... A few out of the closet gay guys that know each other at the local campus is about all I've seen... but I'll do something privately, and maybe if I'm brave enough I'll try to bring it to other people's attention.
2007-11-08 14:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My local GLBT community center has events scheduled for each day of the week leading up to the Nov 20th remembrance.
Also, next April 1-5, Tucson will host the IFGE Conference at our Doubletree Hotel. This will be a very fun and educational week. Come on over! The website below has all of the information about Tucson and the event.
2007-11-08 11:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I didn't know that, that's cool. I'm gonna send a text message about it to all my friends on that day, so they can know about it to. Wow, I learn something new everyday, and the nerve of some people who think Yahoo Answers is a big waste of time! :)
2007-11-08 17:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by Moxie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to make fliers to hand out to people who ask and refuse to speak all day long.
It is so awful, that so many transgender people have been killed by hate crimes!
2007-11-08 17:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for bringing this up. I plan on attending my local vigil.
2007-11-08 11:56:21 · answer #6 · answered by chloevalkyrie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋