Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started 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 that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Tra...
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started 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 that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Please join us this year at The Center on Halsted for a program of performances, reading of the names of those who have passed, a MARCH around the neighborhood, and an interactive mural to celebrate those Trans and GNC folks still resisting & surviving!
PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE DETAILS BELOW
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DOORS OPEN at 6:30 PM
Program begins at 7:00 PM
March around the neighborhood 8:00 PM-8:30 PM
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Some signs will be provided but signs and banners are strongly encouraged****
Food will be provided.
Space is ADA accessible.