![]() 96% of those murdered globally were trans women or transfeminine people.75 trans and gender-diverse people were murdered, 7% more than in the TMM update 2020.The 2021 data from the Transrespect project continues to expose the scope of the tragedy and the challenges faced by the transgender community. Cases from Greece, Kazakhstan, and Malawi were reported for the first time. When they are reported, cases often receive very little attention.īrazil continues to lead the list of countries with the most murders of trans and gender-diverse persons, followed by Mexico and then the United States. “Data indicate a worrying trend when it comes to the intersections of misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and hate towards sex workers,” noted TvT, “with the majority of victims being Black and migrant trans women of colour, and trans sex workers.” They also that most cases go unreported. Murders of trans people in the United States doubled from last year, the report said. Overall, this year saw a 7% increase in murders of trans and gender-diverse persons. 2021 has marked the deadliest year for trans and gender-diverse people since Transgender Europe began collecting data for its Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) research project for Trans Murder Monitoring. Today we bring our love for Ruby and our other fallen brothers and sisters, to keep their memories alive in our hearts, to take courage from their example, and to never let die our struggle and the light of our hope for a safe and welcoming world for us all.Angel is remembered along with hundreds of others today on International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). Finally at the hands of such as these she paid the ultimate price of her life. Ruby chose to engage and live her real life as she knew how braving the scorn and ridicule she suffered from those who would not understand her. We hold a special place in our heart for Ruby Molina whose portrait is here before us. In any case, we stand here tonight in solidarity against this violence I suspect it may also be a reflection of an increasingly violent world culture. We don’t understand its reason-perhaps improved recognition and reporting of these crimes. There has been much discussion in the community about this increase. But I was astounded to find that we have added 119 people this year. In the last two years I had been encouraged to see fewer names added to this list: just 21 in 2007, and 29 in 2008. We are encouraged with the increasing positive representation of transgenders in media documentaries and news programs, with the increasing public awareness of the problem of violence against transgenders and gender variant people that have led to the passage of legislation such as the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act and the Federal Hate Crimes Bill. Every year since then, Day of Remembrance events around the world have been held in memory of our dead.My most difficult and saddening task in preparation for these memorials is updating this board that lists the names of the transgender dead we know since 1970. ![]() ![]() The first Transgender Day of Remembrance was a candlelight vigil held in San Francisco in November 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a transsexual woman who was stabbed to death by an unknown killer in her home in Boston in 1998. Tonight we gather to remember the lives of our many brothers and sisters who have fallen to hatred and intolerance toward their actual or perceived gender identity and expression. Among those here we welcome Pam Whiteley, Northern California Regional Director of PFLAG, members and others representing community organizations and congregations. ![]() Above all we thank all of you here for standing together with us in this memorial. Canon Kathleen Kelly in the use of this sacred space and the hall for our reception for the collaboration of Ben and Rachael Hudson of the Sacramento Transgender Coalition for organizing the slide show, memorial altar, list of names and their readers for our musicians James Clark, Spencer Hardy and Tyx Pulskamp for our ushers and those who are preparing our reception to follow and for our videographer Karen Savage who will prepare a video archive of this event. We express our appreciation for the generosity of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and the gracious assistance of the Very Rev. Welcome to all members of our community, family, friends and allies to our fifth candlelight vigil in observance of the Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Introduction to Candlelight Vigil in observance of
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