International Transgender Remembrance Day

Say Their Names

On todays episode we talk about how this Transgender Remembrance Day started, by whom, and the lady who inspired the first. We also are skipping Pets or People and decided to do something a little different for this week, “Say Their Name”. 

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 1800-950-NAMI (6264)

**Crisis Text Line | Text HOME To 741741 free, 24/7 Crisis Counseling

Hotline - Trans Lifeline

Trans Hotlines: Support for Trans, Nonbinary & Gender-Expansive Folks (psychcentral.com)

Sources:

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/transgender-day-of-rembrance-2023/

https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/transgender-day

https://glaad.org/transweek/

https://gaycenter.org/event/transgender-day-of-remembrance-2023legacy-honoring-our-trancestors-celebrating-their-lives/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-transgender-day-of-remembrance

Remembering Our Dead - Reports (translivesmatter.info)

Rita

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/her-death-sparked-transgender-day-remembrance-22-years-later-still-n1233809

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/07/15/two-decades-after-her-death-rita-hesters-family-reflects-on-her-spirit

Rita Hester's murder and legacy are important to Boston, so she's getting a mural in Allston

Murdered: Rita Hester | Allston, MA | Uncovered

Gwen

Gwendolyn Ann Smith (gwensmith.com)

Gwendolyn Ann Smith - Wikipedia

Suicide-Trans suicide rate U.S. 2022 | Statista

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