BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — A Transgender Day of Remembrance gathering is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, following the city’s recognition of Transgender Awareness Week.
The event is free and open to all in the museum’s Frank Buxton Auditorium, 550 Winslow Way E., according to Rainbow Crew NW. Donations will benefit the Trevor Project.
A proclamation presented at the Nov. 10 City Council meeting recognizes Nov. 13-19 as Transgender Awareness Week and Nov. 20 as the day of remembrance for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people killed because of their identities.
Lynn Flowers, who accepted the proclamation, invited residents to attend the museum gathering and learn more about transgender people’s experiences.
Flowers described the remembrance as an occasion to read names and short biographies of people who died, and said the awareness week is an opportunity for education and conversation.
The proclamation encourages residents to build awareness and support transgender and nonbinary youth and adults.
Details are available at https://www.rainbowcrewnw.org/tdor.
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