WEST HOLLYWOOD, November 21, 2006 - The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. This year, the theme for DOR is “Healing for the Community”. This year’s extended ceremonies sought to heal the wounds of transphobia and oppression, those inflicted by others and those we inflict upon ourselves.
Full reports: Transgender Day of Remembrance, part 1 | | Part 2 by Susan Forrest
The event included a memorial reading of the names of victims of transphobia hate crimes. As each name was projected from two large screens, someone read the person's story, laid a white rose on the stand, and stood onstage until the stage was full and all the names had been read aloud. Video: Part 3 | | Part 4 - SPEAKERS | | Part 5 - SPEAKERS by Susan Forrest
LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2006 - Six UC students and three community members were forcefully dragged from the UC Regents board meeting on Thursday by police after they informed the Regents that they would not allow the board to convene its DOE lab oversight committee, the Regents’ body in charge of UC’s nuclear weapons research, design, and manufacturing labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Livermore, California. The civil disobedience action was conducted by The Coalition to Demilitarize, a group of students and community activists who seek to end the University of California’s participation in the production of nuclear weapons.
From the Newswire Students arrested for blocking UC nuclear labsCardenas' Charges Dropped, CopWatch Issues Statement
The forward-thinking grassroots group fighting police brutality has helped the community use the internet and video media to bring public opinion against the LAPD's unwarranted abuse of power. They issued a "victory statement" about the court dropping charges against Cardenas.
Read Cop Watch Los Angeles Victory Statement.