Transgender remembrance goes global.As founder of the annual Day of Remembrance, a series of gatherings to publicly mourn mourn v. mourned, mourn·ing, mourns v.intr. 1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve. 2. the deaths of transgendered transgendered adjective Relating to a person who has undergone genital/sexual reassignment surgery Transgender health issues Hormonal therapy, cosmetic surgery, fertility options–eg, egg and sperm banking. See Sexual reassignment. Cf Transsexual. people, Gwendolyn Ann Smith has made it her mission to increase awareness of the mounting violence worldwide. And she's succeeding. Since the first vigil vigil (vĭj`əl) [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). was held in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden in 1999, the event has grown into an international affair. On November 20, thousands of supporters were scheduled to attend an estimated 100 gatherings in five countries to honor the transgendered people killed this year. Planned activities were to include memorials on college campuses, candlelight services in churches, and a march down Market Street in San Francisco. "Since 1988 there has been a minimum of one death per month," said Smith, who was careful to point out that not everyone killed identified as transgendered. "In many cases it's all in how killers perceived their victims." Among those remembered this year was Nizah Morris Nizah Morris (1955 - December 24, 2002) was a 47-year-old African American transgender woman and entertainer in Philadelphia. On December 22, 2002 Morris suffered a severe head injury from which she did not recover. , a transgendered woman who was killed in Philadelphia last December. |
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