November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance

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By Emily McGranachan, chair of the LGBT CoGroup and East Coast Regional Manager with Family Equality Council

November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance

On the night of July 4 – 5, while people in the United States were watching fireworks, transgender women were brutally attacked in Cali, in southwestern Colombia. In a separate attack on the same night, another group of transgender women were attacked and two were injured, one fatally, after being attacked with knives. The second woman had to be taken to the hospital due to her injuries. SEE THE REST OF THIS POST