According to the lobbying team Human Rights Campaign, at least 26 transgender and nonbinary individuals have been brutally murdered in the United States this year. According to a record by Trans Murder Monitoring, 320 like incidents took place globally between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023.
The global Transgender Day of Remembrance, which was established in 1999 in response to the death of African American transgender woman Rita Hester in Boston, will honor victims on Monday, November 20.
At 7 p.m., the United First Parish Church in Quincy may hold a vigil on the granite steps leading to the Hancock Adams Common. A reception will then be held inside the temple.
Promoting justice for transgender and intersex people, according to McKayla Hoffman, a ministerial volunteer at United First Parish Church, is” religious imperative.”
According to Hoffman,” Trans and genderfluid people make up the United First Parish Church.” ” Unitarian Universalism is a faith that upholds everyone’s intrinsic worth and dignity.”
Quincy’s Vigil is a chance to remember those who died in murder.
Hoffman claimed that the ceremony on Monday may accomplish a number of things. According to Hoffman, a society can stop the spread of such violence by formally acknowledging the final cost that innocent people bear when hatred is allowed to flourish.
According to Hoffman, “at its base, it serves as an option for the trans and intersex society to grieve… and to struggle with the fact that hatred going this way is a reality.”
Levi Martin, of Lakeville, who committed suicide in December 2022 at the age of 17, is one of those whose brands may be read aloud on Monday, according to Hoffman.
According to Martin’s article, he was born with Swyer disorder, which means that despite appearing to be a woman at birth, his genetic make-up was male.
According to the article, Martin endured enormous suffering as a result of the” social stigma associated with being transgender, transgender, and queer.”
Hoffman remarked,” I attended high school in Lakeville.” The news of Martin’s passing was heartbreaking, but sadly it was n’t unexpected.
At the Quincy celebration, lights may become lit and names shall be read.
A light will be lit in their pride and memory at the vigil on Monday as each name of those who died by suicide over the previous year is read aloud.
According to Hoffman, transgender and intersex speakers may discuss their experiences with the audience.
Resources will be available for those who want to assist and better understand problems facing the transgender and nonbinary area during the reception following the services, according to Hoffman.
The LGBTQ+ Commission of Quincy, the newly established Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ( better known as PFLAG ), and others are co-sponsoring the event.
Richard Ash, the leader of Quincy Pride and the incoming Ward 2 chairman, expressed his satisfaction in working with the event’s co-sponsors and United First Parish Church.
These Quincy-based organizations have banded together over the past few years to advocate for the inclusion of all LGBTQIA + Community members in the City of Presidents, according to Ash.
The society and our city are taking the most recent move forward by holding the Quincy Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil on November 20.
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