Students and community members gathered to commemorate victims of anti-transgender hatred on Thursday, Nov. 20, marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day of remembrance was first marked in 1999, in memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in Boston. The Centre for Women and Trans People set up at Sidney Smith […]
Students and community members gathered to commemorate victims of anti-transgender hatred on Thursday, Nov. 20, marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The day of remembrance was first marked in 1999, in memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in Boston.
The Centre for Women and Trans People set up at Sidney Smith to discuss trans issues and violence, and afterwards decamped to the Centre’s headquarters on Spadina Avenue for a more intimate gathering.
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