Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
A list of TDoR events here. Alice Dreger remembers a close trans friend who recently passed away. GLAAD has created a great Trans Visibility Timeline. Local TDoR events listed after the jump.
Seattle
Ravenna United Methodist Church will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM. 5751 33rd Avenue N.E. Seattle, Wa. 98105
This is a non-religious ceremony All are welcome.
For further information, please e-mail Melissa at TDORSeattle@CenturyLink.net.
Seattle
The student club at the North Seattle Community College will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. We, the members of our school’s Feminist Alliance,
want to use this international day of action to promote awareness and provide information to students and faculty. We will be handing out flyers to our entire campus with statistics about discrimination in addition to producing an event with two guest speakers and two performances about gender and trans issues. We are also supporting local artists and showing artwork that discusses crossing gender lines.
Seattle
Queer Youth Space will be hosting a Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 from 5:00-8:00 PM. 911 E Pike, 202, Seattle, Washington 98122. Food will be served.
Creating an altar where we can remember people who we’ve lost to institutional violence as well (lack of access to healthcare, mental health svc, housing, mistreatment in services/ schools/ jobs, etc.). Healing Circle/Sound Healing with Zenyu Director Christine Guiao. Lighting candles to close and walking/rolling/driving over to Cal Anderson (for community visibility). For more info: http://depts.washington.edu/qcenter/wordpress/calendar/trans-day-of-remembrance/
Tacoma
Will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Tuesday Nov. 20 2012 from 12:30 – 1:30 at the University of Washington – Tacoma Campus. It is open to the public. There will be a panel discussion with community members from the Gender Alliance of the South Sound and Tacoma T-Men. The discussion will be based on issues of discrimination and transphobia in education, housing, employment and the community. Here is a Facebook link for the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/412458268824753/
Tacoma
Will be holding a Transgender day of Remembrance event on Tuesday Nov. 20 2012 at 8:00 pm
at the chapel in the University of the Puget Sound 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma. Sponsored by Gender Alliance of the South Sound There is more information on http://www.southsoundgender.com
Spokane
Will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
at the Unitarian Universalist Church 4340 West Fort George Wright Drive, Spokane, WA 99224. Contact spokane.transppl@gmail.com for more information
