Marching By Candlelight For Gwen

by builder123 Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003 at 8:47 PM

October 3, 2003 --- Hollywood CA ---- The Transgender Community, friends and allies proceed through "Tranny Town", down Santa Monica Blvd. from Highland Ave. to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery where a eulogy was held for Gwen Araujo.

Marching By Candleli...
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The murder of Gwen Araujo, part of a national epidemic of violence against transgender people, presents an opportunity for all of us to examine our attitudes about gender, gender expectations, discrimination based on gender identity and individual and institutional responsibility.

--Larry Brinkin, senior officer / San Francisco's Human Rights Commission