[event] Transgender Day of Remeberance (11/20)

From our friends at TRANSFORUM:

7TH ANNUAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY NOV. 20TH:

Across the nation observance of TDOR raises awareness of deadly anti-trans violence and honors the memory of people killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice in the previous year. These events will be held in the University of Michigan’s Rackham Building at the corner of Washington and Fletcher streets. For more information please call the UM LGBTA Office at 763-4186.

5:30 pm
Remembering Our Dead memorial: in the Rackham Assembly Hall 4th floor.
Speakers to include historian and film director Dr. Susan Stryker. Followed by a public reading of the names and brief biographies of those being remembered, and a time for reflection by all particfipants. Light refreshments.

7:30 pm
Film Screening: "Screaming Queens: The Riot At Compton’s Cafeteria" in the Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th floor. Co-director and producer Dr. Susan Stryker will introduce the documentary and respond to questions following the screening.


These TDOR events are co-sponsored by:
The Transgender Advocacy Project of the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (WRAP), Transforum, and the UM Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs (LGBTA)