YWCA of Worcester hosts Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil held in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ — Months ago, when Maddox Flagg started planning Monday night’s solemn vigil, he knew that he was organizing an event honoring people who were yet to die. Maddox Flagg, left, reads the names on Monday of those murdered. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) “That’s a hard realization to have,” Flagg told an audience of more than 60 attendees with battery-powered candles and small rainbow flags in hand at the Resource Center for Nonvio…

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City

Multiple Transgender Day of Remembrance events were held in New York City on Nov. 20, including an annual Washington Square Park vigil and a well-attended gathering at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. In the late afternoon, public high school students in Washington Square Park led a powerful memorial and candlelight vigil honoring the lives of 72 trans people who died in the past year. The action was organized by New York City Youth for T…

YWCA of Worcester hosts Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

Organizers said they wanted the event to bring awareness to the senseless violence affecting the everyday lives of the trans community.

Community gathers at Bergfeld to honor Transgender Day of Remembrance

Tyler residents gathered at Bergfeld Park to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is held annually on Nov. 20 to honor the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of violence.

ZCHS student, community gather for Veterans' Day Ceremony

Zionsville Community High School students and community members recently gathered in the Varsity Gym for a Veterans Day Ceremony.

UMich Spectrum Center hosts Transgender Day of Remembrance

Content warning: This article contains mentions of violence against transgender individuals.  Sixty-two faces flashed across the screen in the Pendleton Ballroom of the Michigan Union at the annual Trans Day of Remembrance Banquet. Under each picture, there was a name, age, date of death and, for some, a cause of death listed. After every name was read off, a member of the University of Michigan’s Spectrum Center walked up to an altar at the fro…