Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Today November 20 is the generally recognized Transgender Day of Remembrance. I have not been able to find a ceremony here in Indianapolis. So this evening I will light a candle and reflect on the friends that we've lost this year.

Here is a link to a site with names if you would like to do the same:

https://www.hrc.org/resources/violen...munity-in-2018

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As of October 23rd. I still can't find anything (yet) about our own local ceremony in the Indianapolis area. Ours often falls on a day other than the traditional 20th of November. I'll keep trying but I've decided regardless I will have my own private ceremony at my home in Zionsville. Mainly just friends and family. Probably a fairly small gathering of less than 20-25. The following website explains what the "TDOR" is and offers some tips on hosting your own remembrance:

https://www.glaad.org/tdor

If nothing else, please take a moment to reflect on all the friends we've lost this past year. It's been a bad one. Sadly this year marks the 10th anniversary of attending my first TDOR. I don't think that things are necessarily better now than then. We have a long ways to go.

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Haven’t found an event locally this year. My guess is everything will be “WebEx” or “Zoom.” I’ll post more if I find out anything. Again, I’m planning to have a private gathering of friends at my home in Zionsville.
Here’s a link to GLADD’s site:

https://www.glaad.org/tdor


And a reminder of why we still need to have this.

https://planettransgender.com/indy-t...ome-from-work/

[a9127]

Have not been able to find a local ceremony in the Indianapolis area so I have signed up for this “Virtual” one. It is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 6-7:30 p.m. ET. Maybe others from TLB will be interested in attending.

Here’s the link:

https://gaycenter.org/tdor

In the meantime you should continue to keep checking GLAAD's website for more information on gatherings around the world. I'm still planning to have friends over that evening.

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Just got this in my email:

REMINDER FOR TONIGHT! The Center's TDoR Live Event @ 6PM ET
Richard Morales <rmorales@gaycenter.org>
2:24 PM (13 minutes ago)

Hello and Good Afternoon,

Thank you for registering for The LGBT Center's TDoR Event happening tonight, Wednesday, November 18th starting at 6pm ET

We're happy to have you join us for an evening of honoring, remembering, and celebrating the lives of our families, our friends, and our communities.

To view the event, please click this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/E8cJ50oDznU

To view the program, please see attached PDF.

During the event, we will be offering live support and counseling. Please see the YouTube event page for links to live support. INFO for community support is also below:

Email: centersupport@gaycenter.org
Zoom Meeting ID (FOR TONIGHT'S LIVE SUPPORT ONLY): 990 6990 3118