BALTIMORE TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Vigil and Memorial Service
Nov. 19, 2023
Sunday, Nov. 19th @ 5:30 pm
Baltimore City Hall 100 Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Join us as we come together to honor the lives of all our fallen siblings. WE SPEAK THEIR NAMES! Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. With so many seeking to erase transgender people -- sometimes in the most brutal ways possible -- it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice. Organized by Baltimore Safe Haven and sponsored by Baltimore City Office of LGBTQ Affairs, FreeState Justice, Trans Maryland, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology. Download a simplified list of the names at the link below.
Download a flier with info on all three events below.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Celebration of Life Ball
Nov. 19, 2023
Sunday, Nov. 19th @ 7PM
Downtown Cultural Arts Center 401 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Join us as we hold space to honor and celebrate our siblings lost to anti-trans violence. Reception: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Ball: 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Organized by Baltimore Safe Haven and sponsored by Baltimore City Office of LGBTQ Affairs, FreeState Justice, Trans Maryland, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology. |
"Kokomo City" Film Screening & Social
Nov. 20, 2023
Monday, November 20, 2023
War Memorial | 6:00 PM 101 N. Gay Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 In the wildly entertaining and refreshingly unfiltered documentary KOKOMO CITY, filmmaker D. Smith passes the mic to four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell, and Dominique Silver – who unapologetically break down the walls of their profession. Holding nothing back, the film vibrates with energy, sex, challenge, and hard-earned wisdom. The vibrant and talented Koko Da Doll was lost to us this year because of transhate. Watch a trailer of the film here. This event is free and is sponsored by the Baltimore Mayor's Office, Baltimore City LGBTQ+ Affairs. |
Learn more at these links:
Remembering Our Dead Wikipedia - Transgender Day of Remembrance Trans Murder Monitoring Project |
What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the Remembering Our Dead web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender — that is, as a transexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender people. We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially since the events of September 11th. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating. The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence. Excerpted from http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/what.html The Remembering our Dead Web Project and The Transgender Day of Remembrance are owned by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, All Rights Reserved (c) 2007 |
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For more information, please contact Jean-Michel Brevelle at [email protected] or call (443) 876-8139.
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