Transgender Day of Remembrance

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The Transgender Day of Remembrance ("TDOR"), in German "Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Transphobia", is an annual day of remembrance on November 20th , on which the victims of transphobic violence are commemorated and made aware of this problem.

origin

The memorial day was initiated by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a trans woman who works as a graphic designer, columnist and activist in San Francisco. The reason was the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts in November 1998. Hester, an African-American trans woman, was stabbed to death in her apartment. There was almost no coverage of the murder and the case is still unresolved. Smith then founded the Internet project “Remembering Our Dead”, from which the international Transgender Day of Remembrance later emerged in honor of Rita Hester .

Since then, the deaths of Rita Hester and other victims of transphobic violence have been commemorated on November 20th each year. It has now grown into a movement with worldwide actions.

Actions

Typically - especially in the USA - on the memorial day a list of people who lost their lives in the past year is read out on site. This often includes other activities such as fairy lights, art and film performances and funeral marches. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is now the highlight of an entire week of action, the so-called Transgender Awareness Week .

In Germany, various projects and individuals, including the Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany, organize campaigns on Remembrance Day.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marti Abernathey: About TDOR. In: http://tdor.info/ . Retrieved November 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Kate Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman: Gender Outlaws. The Next Generation , Seal Press (Perseus Books Group); Reprint edition, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-58005-308-2 , p. 291
  3. ↑ Irene Monroe: Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester . In: Huffington Post . November 9, 2013 ( [1] ).
  4. ^ Joan Ferrante: Sociology. A Global Perspective , Northern Kentucky University, 2013, ISBN 978-1-111-83390-9 , p. 254
  5. ↑ Susanne Scholz (Ed.): God Los Diversity and Justice. Progressive Scholars Speak about Faith, Politics, and the World , Lexington Book