All Posts Tagged With: "transgender day of remembrance"

Plaque dedicated at transgender memorial

By ARIN MIKAILIAN, The Los Angles Independent A plaque honoring victims who were murdered for being transgender was unveiled Nov. 20 at the Matthew Shepard Triangle in conjunction with the Transgender Day of Remembrance. More than a 100 members of the transgender community and their supporters gathered at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and [...]

28Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Changing Genders: An Interview With the World’s Leading Sex Change Surgeon

By Karlie Pouliot – Fox News Ever since Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono — now Chaz Bono — announced she was beginning the process of becoming a man – many have wondered what exactly a sex change involves. In order to get that answer, FOXNews.com talked to Dr. Marci Bowers, an internationally renowned surgeon who performs [...]

16Sep2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

LGBT holds vigil for fallen friends

International day of remembrance held to focus on transgender lives Nick DiMarco On Thursday, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community huddled together in the cold to read off the names of people who died as a result of anti-transgender hate crimes. The event for International Transgender Day of Remembrance was held at [...]

24Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Transgender Celebration

SooNews Staff for SooNews.ca The Sault Ste Marie Gay-Straight Alliance and Proud Algoma, the campus club for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered & two-spirited (LGBT) students at Algoma University are collaborating on a week of events celebrating and commemorating queer culture and people, and promoting the participation of all people in the struggle for the rights [...]

19Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Advocacy Group Calls Upon Authorities to Fully Investigate Transgender Woman’s Death

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund [TLDEF] calls upon the Syracuse [N.Y.] Police Department and Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick to fully investigate the death of Lateisha Green, 22, whose legal name was Moses Cannon, as a possible hate crime. Green, who was transgender and lived as a woman, was shot and killed [...]

19Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Take a day to honor killed transgendered

The 2008 Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual event designed to recognize those killed due to anti-transgender violence, will be marked by a program at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Unitarian Church, 739 Yarmouth St., Norfolk. This 10th annual international day of remembrance is being organized locally by New Life Transgender Outreach, a ministry of [...]

16Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued