DallasVoice.com – By David Taffet – Staff Writer
Nov. 20 marks the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance honoring victims of anti-trans violence.
The first vigil was conducted in San Francisco on the anniversary of the death of Rita Hester, a transgender woman murdered on Nov. 28, 1998. Her murder was never solved.
Rafael McDonnell, strategic communications and programs manager for Resource Center Dallas, said 116 transgender men and women have been killed this year, adding that the murder of Tyli’a Mack in Washington, D.C., is one of the most prominent.