Denver Honors Trans Day of Remembrance with Candlelight Vigil On
November 20, the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, along with
Out Boulder and Keshet, held a candlelight vigil at Jefferson
Unitarian Church in honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Created in 1998 as a way of honoring transgender victims of
violence, specifically those who have been murdered because of
their gender, Transgender Day of Remembrance is now observed on
November 20 across the United States and in at least twenty
other countries. It serves as a memorial for the dead as well as
an opportunity to increase awareness of the dangers and
obstacles transgender and gender non-conforming people still
face. "Trans people are marginalized at every turn," said Karen
Scarpella, Program Director of the Gender Identity Center.
"They’re denied their basic civil rights and human rights.
Transgender Day of Remembrance has several purposes, but one is
to draw attention to that. These people are generally more
likely to be homeless, unemployed,