Doylestown Event To Uplift Lives Of Trans Individuals Lost To Violence

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — The Rainbow Room invites the public to attend an important community event taking place on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the lawn at the Bucks County Administration Building (the former courthouse) in Doylestown.

Held in recognition of Trans Day of Remembrance and Resilience, the event will honor and uplift the lives of Trans individuals lost to violence over the past year.

"It will be an evening focusing on remembering those we have lost and inspiring collective
action to build a safer, more equitable world," said organizers.

Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began a tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

“Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence," said Smith. "I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. 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.”

Participants are asked to bring candles and friends.