Sunday afternoon and evening, Nov. 20th, thousands of transgender persons, family members, supporters and allies will gather at Transgender Day of Remembrance events throughout Southern California to publicly mourn and honor, at Transgender Day of Remembrance (DOR) events, transgender sisters and brothers killed during 2005 due to hatred and prejudice. These local gatherings will be part of hundreds of similar events held throughout the United States and the world.
The Los Angeles County DOR event will be held Sunday Nov. 20th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the Metropolitan Community Church at 8714 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. The event will be followed by a march down Santa Monica Blvd. to Mathew Sheppard Square at the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights. A peaceful rally will be held at the Square to once again demand an end of the \"panic\" legal defense.
The following persons are DOR coordinators in the counties indicated. They can be contacted for information about local DOR events.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY: AJ (619-692-2077, adavis@thecentersd.org ); Poly (killingpoly@cox.net ) or Autumn (changing_seasons@cox.net )
ORANGE COUNTY: Pat (714-531-2731, patman420@juno.com ) or Cheryl (beingme_oc@yahoo.com )
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Jami (951-827-2267, jami.grosser@ucr.edu )
LOS ANGELES COUNTY: Vicky (323-860-7314, vortega@LAGayCenter.org )
For more information about AB 1160, please see http://www.eqca.org
For more information about the Transgender Day of Remembrance, please see Http://www.gender.org/remember/day .
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