The Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20th, 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 in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities across the world.
 
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/transgender-remembrance-day.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/

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