Transgender Day of Remembrance

[Castor_Troy05]

A sombre reminder that the world is still a horribly bitter place.

RIP to the fallen angels.

Out of respect to those we've lost, I always move my birthday celebrations to the following week

[uchetal]

In rememberence of those who have been taken from their familys and friends, I wish them eternal peace.
How a person can taken the life of another human being without provocation, just because their different, is beyond logic. At least beyond my way of logic.

[Erika1487]

A poem by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Sama

Noise

if a girl screams
in a forest
in an oil field on fire
in a immigration holding cell motel by the airport
and CNN doesn't tell it
no reporters embedded to witness
does she make a sound?
does her voice
spread over galaxies
neutrons milky ways
mars and jupiter
closer than they've ever been
does she make a sound and
does anyone give a fuck.

if a girl screams on a street corner
hustling her ass
if she wakes up to a man in her bed
who wasn't there when she turned the light off
if girl gets followed home
from her job stripping in front of a digi-cam
does it make a sound?
if the papers say she isn't quite a girl
and may live or have lived
in a house the neighbors
may or may not refer to as "a crack house"
what sound does her scream make?

if a girl is so hungry
has no money
wants all the
peaches and melon that drip off the shelves
of the market in summer
but goes home and eats dandelion greens
from her backyard
is she too hungry to make any noise?
if she is a poet not all up in
in MA and BA
and most of all BS
do her words get picked up on the satellites
that pick up everything?

if they recruit a whole army of girls
girls who look just like us but not quite
tits asses and skin
mouthing their words on the screen for them
where do our voices go?

listen. we are all making noise
even when our sound is too scared too hungry too dead to be picked up
by radar
cup your ear hard.
listen.

[Jackal]

So many precious lives and wonderful people die because of the hate and ignorance of others. It is the 21st century, I'd do anything to see the human race move towards letting go of these prejudices and hate crimes.

[jakejd]

A list of the top twenty trans pioneers at huffpo-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...57&title=Lea_T

[dc_guy_75]

I attended a memorial earlier this evening at a baptist church in DC. Several transwomen were murdured this year in the district and the service was very well done.

About 200 people attended, so most of the chairs were full.

I'm happy I went.

[BiBoyinBeantown]

Not sure if this is my de-lurking and f*rst p*st, but...

I'm heartened to see a supportive thread on here about this.

I'd add that a lot of people would hate all the guys on this site for being fond of T-Girls. They'd use hateful words to describe us all.

One of the murdered people listed on the TDOR's list in 2009 was Michael Hunt, the cisgendered male partner of Taysia Elzy, a transwoman.

[tsadriana]

sorry to hear about all this girls who lost their lifes ,just because of some bad hearted or should i say cold blood.really sorry for their familys.sometimes u can`t find ur own words to describe this atrocitys.

[TSLexiWade]

What's sad is.. Late Sunday night around 3am, I was assaulted by someone many of you know. I've been at home recovering with major neck pain, a big knot on the back of my head where I was kicked and a few scratches from when she - YES, SHE - kicked me out of the car.

Charges have been filed for assault. Goes to show the true colors of such "pretty faces."

[RainMan]

What's sad is.. Late Sunday night around 3am, I was assaulted by someone many of you know. I've been at home recovering with major neck pain, a big knot on the back of my head where I was kicked and a few scratches from when she - YES, SHE - kicked me out of the car.

Charges have been filed for assault. Goes to show the true colors of such "pretty faces."

Hope the problem can be resolved and that you get well soon