Transgender Memorial Dedication On Day of Remembrance
The City of West Hollywood’s Transgender Task Force will host a Day of Remembrance and Transgender Memorial Dedication on November 20, 2009 which will kick off at 6:30 p.m.
Dedication Ceremony to unveil one of the world’s first Transgender Memorials which honors victims of hate crimes, at the Mathew Shepherd Triangle, located at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Heights Boulevard.
The Dedication Ceremony will be followed by a street march at 7:30 p.m. which will move east along Santa Monica Boulevard to Fiesta Hall at Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard.
The Day of Remembrance program will begin at 7:50 p.m. The Day of Remembrance program will include a reception, community speakers and a reading of the names of transgender victims of hate crimes.
The Day of Remembrance is held every year on November 20th, in honor of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was brutally murdered.
In response to her murder, an outpouring of community grief and anger led to a candlelight vigil which inspired the creation of an international Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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