Transgender Day of Remembrance
Out on Campus holds Transgender Day of Remembrance event
Peak Web December 2, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of violence, transphobia, and suicide. November 20 marked Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). This year, Out On Campus (OOC) hosted a TDOR event in the Student Union Building ballroom. OOC “is a department of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) dedicated to supporting SFU’s 2SLGBTQIA+ students and allies.” The event was designed “to sincerely remember the trans people around the world we have lost to transphobic, transmisogynistic, and racist violence.” Transgender Day of Remembrance began as a response to the 1998 unsolved murder of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman. The media…
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Celebrating Transgender Day of Remembrance should be backed with action
Opinions November 16, 2020by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Content Warning: Mentions of transphobia, trans death. It has been almost 21 years since Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) was first held on November 20, 1999. It is held annually on November 20 to honour…
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