New York, Rochester — On Sunday morning, residents of Rochester gathered in the city center to observe the National Transgender Day of Remembrance, which falls on Monday.
An visitor named Kamryn Jerrel said,” I wanted to come out and be with my sisters and brothers and enjoy our lives and our longevity.” It’s good to really come together and be around other transgender people because we know we pass and that we’re attacked at such an alarming rate every year.
The following annual Trans Day of Remembrance meal was held at Next Generation Men of Transition and WAVE Women Inc. The time, according to organizers, is intended to honor the trans lives lost to violence, abuse, and death.
Numerous chairs with dozens of images of trans people killed across the country over the previous year were set up throughout the place. Many of them were younger and diverse.
The Next Generation Men of Transition’s planner and founder Brittan Hardgers said,” We stand and we say their titles because we know that we are the eyes that people forget in our society, particularly the LGBTQ+ society.”
Participants claim that while Sunday may have been a day to consider the victims of transgender violence, it was also an occasion to celebrate the group.
Reverend Lane-Mairead Campbell of the First Universalist Church of Rochester said,” Many of us do n’t get together in a room like this very often, and it’s sad that this is why we’re coming together.” He added that while we are doing this to observe the peace surrounding trans death, part of it is also to be able to celebrate our lives and be with one another in them.
Several costs have been put forth against trans and non-conforming people.
The Trevor Project found that 64 % of transgender and nonbinary young people experienced gender identity discrimination in the previous 12 months.
The brunch’s organizers hope it will serve as a reminder to trans children in Rochester that they have the help of the community.
According to Javannah Davis, president and founder of WAVE Women Inc.,” We are the creation that is fighting for our future, and we want to make sure they know that there are people like us across the country who are not forgetting who they are and what they’re going through.”
Because trans lives matter,” We are doing this job, we are apparent, and we will be seen and heard,” said Hardgers.
At Liberty Pole, the party also held a ceremony, which was followed by an event.
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