Transgender Day of Remembrance Gathering Held Sunday​

TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE GATHERING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2016 AT 6:30PM

EXETER, NH — A Transgender Day of Remembrance event will be held in Exeter at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 20, 2016. It will take place at Phillips Church, located on Tan Lane on the Phillips Exeter Academy campus, according to a press statement.

Planned by local transgender activists, the event will be one many around the world to commemorate this day.

The 17th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will honor transgender people lost to anti-transgender violence during the last 12 months. The Day of Remembrance began in 1999 as a way to draw attention to the issue of anti-transgender violence. The event was initially created to mark the one year anniversary of the death of a Massachusetts transgender woman, Rita Hester, whose death remains unsolved.

The gathering will feature speakers and musical performances, including an appearance by members of the TransPosition Vocal Ensemble, a Manchester-based singing group featuring trans voices. The gathering will end with a reading of the names of the transgender people who were murdered in the past year.

The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend. More information can be found at facebook.com/events/1802648113312156/.

Submitted by Lisa Bunker.