Word: observanceã
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...lives because of anti-transgender fear and hatred. The Day of Remembrance began as a way to publicly grieve for Rita Hester, a transgendered woman murdered on November 28, 1998. An online monument and scattered candlelight vigils soon gathered momentum, and the scale of this year’s observance??€”rallies in Boston and New York, a candlelight vigil in Indianapolis, memorial services in Minneapolis-St. Paul—will hopefully draw America’s attention to her transgendered citizens and to the fear and hatred they encounter every day. It’s a solemn...
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