Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 8:00 pm, $7-$10
The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) memorializes individuals who have died throughout the world in the previous year because of anti-transgender hatred. Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to family, friends and loved ones lost to violence and prejudice. A tradition inspired by the Allston, MA vigil for slain trans woman Rita Hester in 1998, this day has become the worldwide rallying point for a community long under siege. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Trans Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Trans Day of Remembrance reminds Cis people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Trans Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence and gives us the platform to show the world that yes we are here, we have always been here. We are are going to continue to be here and we are powerful, beautiful, and a force to be reckoned with.
Periwinkle Cinema will host its second annual Trans Day of Remembrance screening to help honor our past and celebrate our future as we strive for a day when Trans/GenderQueer/Non-Binary/Gender Non Conforming/Intersex/TwoSpirit can live as we are and with out fear.
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