The city of West Hollywood & its Transgender Advisory Board hosted a Transgender Day of Remembrance event at 11/20/20. The Zoom-based event was hosted by activist Blossom C. Brown and featured guest speakers & reading names of people murdered due to anti-transgender violence. I am one of the readers.
The HRC has reported that “in 2020 there have been at least 33 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means in the United States. A disproportionately high number of victims are Black and Latinx transgender women. The 2020 report follows reports of 27 deaths in 2019; 26 deaths in 2018; 29 deaths in 2017; and 23 deaths in 2016.”
According to the city of West Hollywood’s press release for the event, “the city of West Hollywood has been one of the most outspoken cities in the nation in advocating for the legal rights of LGBT people. More than 40 percent of residents in the City of West Hollywood identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The City of West Hollywood is one of the first municipalities to form a Transgender Advisory Board, which addresses matters of advocacy on behalf of transgender people in the areas of education, community awareness, and empowerment, and makes recommendations to the West Hollywood City Council.”
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