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URL:https://sussexpride.org/events/dayofremembrance2024/
SUMMARY:Transgender Day of Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:Sussex Pride will hold a vigil to honor the Transgender Day of 
 Remembrance on November 20th at 6:30 PM.  Please note the new location. 
  The event takes place at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
  of Southern Delaware.  This event is free.\n\nsee this event on facebook
 \n\nThe Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by trans
 gender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita
  Hester\, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorat
 ed all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death
 \, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender
  Day of Remembrance.\n\nThe event will will end with a reading of the name
 s of transgender and nonbinary community members murdered in the past year
 . The Human Rights Campaign has documented at least twenty six deaths in 2
 024 in the United States alone.\n\nFor more information about the trans co
 mmunity in Delaware:\n\n 	Follow Sussex Pride Trans: Facebook Page | In
 stagram\n 	Join the Delaware Trans Community: Facebook Group\n 	Visit our
  Trans Resource Page\n\nSussex Pride works to celebrate\, strengthen\, and
  support the LGBTQ+ community in Sussex County and the state of Delaware\,
  working through a social justice lens. We focus on arts &amp\; culture\, 
 health &amp\; wellness\, social and support groups\, and advocacy for our 
 community.\n\nIf you would like to volunteer for this event please sign up
  here: https://signup.com/go/jYjZJCy\n\nIf you would like to help support 
 this event financially\, you can make a donation using the links below:
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CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Faith,Trans
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware\, 30486 Lewes Georget
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