What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?
Transgender Day of Remembrance began in 1999 as a vigil in the Castro district of San Francisco to honor the memories of Rita Hester who was killed in 1998 and Chanelle Pickett who was killed three years earlier. Both Rita and Chanelle were Black transgender women who lived in Massachusetts.
Remembering Rita Hester, Who Changed What It Means to Remember Trans Lives | Them
Since then, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) has become an international movement marked by annual gatherings on November 20th to memorialize all transgender people lost to violence.
The founder of TDOR, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, says, “Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people -- sometimes in the most brutal ways possible -- it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice."
Transgender Day of Remembrance | GLAAD
At AC Library, we take time to remember transgender people who were lost to violence as well as celebrate the lives and history of transgender and nonbinary people in the Bay Area. We are working to go beyond mere acceptance and inclusion to make the library a place of belonging for its LGBTQIA+ members.
- Booklist
Learn more about LGBTQIA+ history and transgender identity from ‘own voices’ authors with this booklist for teens and adults.
This collection is made up of nonfiction books about the history and experiences of transgender people, memoirs by transgender authors or cisgender parents of transgender children, and articles about Transgender Day of Remembrance.
LGBTQIA+ Resources in Alameda County
Connect with these organizations in Alameda County that offer programs serving transgender youth and adults.
- Brown Boi Project
The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen,
and our allies committed to changing the way that communities of color talk about gender.
- Kaiser Permanente Transgender Care
This department partners with transgender members to provide affirming health care services for the transgender and gender-diverse communities.
East Bay Gender-Affirming Care - Kaiser Permanente
- Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center's model of service delivery is "Wellness First" and includes social, educational, and holistic-health related programs, services and activities.
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center | Oakland, CA (oaklandlgbtqcenter.org)
Transgender Support | oaklandlgbtqcenter
- Pacific Center
Founded in 1973, Pacific Center for Human Growth is the oldest LGBTQIA+ center in the Bay Area, the third oldest in the nation, and operates the only sliding scale mental health clinic for LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC people and their families in Alameda County.
Home | LGBTQ+ Services | Berkeley | Pacific Center for Human Growth
- RYSE Center- Health Justice Programs
The Alphabet Group, a part of Health Justice Programs, is a safe space for LGBTQQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer, Questioning, Intersex) youth to dialogue about their experiences and identity.
- Side By Side/Our Space
As the only LGBTQIA+ provider in South Alameda County, Our Space serves over 400 queer and trans East Bay youth each year, with a focus on disconnected LGBTQIA+ youth in the foster system that are at high risk of further isolation and possible homelessness because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression (SOGIE). Approximately 75% of Our Space members are youth of color.
Our Space | Side by Side (sidebysideyouth.org)
- Somos Familia
Somos Familia builds leadership in our Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive.
About Us – Somos Familia (somosfamiliabay.org)
In Memoriam
These are the names of transgender individuals who were killed in 2022:
Regina ‘Mya’ Allen
Semaj Billingslea
Cherry Bush
Hayden Davis
Fern Feather
Chanelika Y’Ella Dior Hemingway
Maddie Hofmann
Brazil Johnson
Tatianna LaBelle
Amarey Lej
Aaron Lynch
Sasha Mason
Shawmayne’ Giselle Marie McClam
Ariyanna Mitchell
Kitty Monroe
Nedra Sequence Morris
Acey D. Morrison
Ray Muscat
Kathryn Newhouse
Miia Love Parker
Duval Princess
Cypress Ramos
Kandii Redd
Martasia Richmond
Dede Ricks
Naomi Skinner
Matthew Spampinato
Paloma Vasquez
Kesha Webster
Here Are the Trans Americans Killed in 2022 So Far (advocate.com), opens a new window
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