TDOR Community Events, Vigils, and Other Community Engagements in 2021 around Northern California
TDOR – The Historical and Human Experience
Thursday, November 18 at 3pm
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The County of Santa Clara Office of LGBTQ Affairs and TransCanWork Inc. present Trans Day Of Remembrance – The Historical and Human Experience. Join this free virtual event as we amplify the importance of Trans Awareness Month and acknowledge the historical significance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Panelists of transgender and gender expansive lived expertise will speak on their own TGI journey, sharing stories of personal human experience and discussing the stigma of what it means to be TGI. Learn about allyship through education and advocacy. Celebrate the resilience of TGI colleagues, community members, and loved ones. RSVP today!
San Mateo County TDOR Virtual Event
Friday, November 19 at 5pm
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Join the San Mateo County LGBTQ+ community as they hold space for a virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony. They have an empowering evening scheduled, with a reading of the 2021 victims’ names, poetry selections, and a powerful panel on resilience in action that San Mateo LGBTQ Commission Co-Chair Dana Johnson will be moderating with three amazing transgender women of color leaders, including our very own Sera Fernando!
South Bay TDOR Memorial
Saturday, November 20 at 11am
Grace Baptist Church, 484 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA 95112
Join Silicon Valley Pride and Grace Baptist Church as they honor and remember our transgender and gender nonconforming siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance. All South Bay community members across all intersecting identities are invited to this moment of reflection and acknowledgement. Dress layered, bring flowers, and commit to ending this senseless violence against trans identities. More info at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLhD0XjSpf/.
San Jose TDOR Vigil
Saturday, November 20 at 6pm
San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113
Please join community outside as they hold vigil for our transgender siblings who have been lost to violence this year. The event will move online if heavy rain is forecast, with a link to be posted once that info is available.
San Jose Transgender Day of Remembrance is held each year on November 20th and is put on by members of the local transgender community. Learn more at: https://www.instagram.com/sjtdor/.
San Francisco TDOR Vigil
Saturday, November 20 at 3:00p
Counterpulse, 80 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102
In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, The Transgender District will hold a vigil ceremony and call to action at Counterpulse, in commemoration of the lives we have lost due to violence and transphobia. Learn more at: www.transgenderdistrictsf.com.
TDOR Commemoration in San Francisco
Saturday, November 20 at 2:00pm
Fluid Co-op, La Cocina Municipal Market
101 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (entrance will be at 332 Golden Gate Ave)
The TDOR Planning Committee 2021 invites you to a community gathering to uplift the lives of our trans siblings we have lost from violence and transphobia and others who we lost due to different causes.
This hybrid presentation will be an in-person event, as well as virtually streamed via Facebook Live and Twitch. Learn more at:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWWVdecBfsI/
Sacramento: Transgender Day of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil
November 20, 2021, 6:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
Since 2005, the Sutter Gender Identity Support Group has held an Annual Candlelight Vigil in Sacramento in observance of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance on a Saturday near November 20. People of all traditions are welcome to this inclusive community memorial. Covid-19 precautions will be observed. More information at http://www.sacgender.org/tdor. The event will be live-streamed on Facebook here.
Vallejo: TDOR Vigil
Saturday, Nov. 20th, 2021 from 3:30 – 6 pm
555 Santa Clara St, Vallejo, CA 94590-5922, United States
Join the Solano Serenity Center for their annual Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil honoring our lost siblings due to violence, misogyny, and fear. More event information can be found here.
Pittsburgh: TDOR 2021 Vigil
Saturday, Nov. 20th, 2021 at 7 pm
In-person at East County Shared Ministry & Live-Streamed Online
In-person with masks and distancing at:
East County Shared Ministry (in the Social Hall accessible through the south courtyard)
200 E. Leland Rd., Pittsburg, CA 94565
Live-Stream Service on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88355114856?pwd=V241TlJ3cTNZTzJkbWtxZVByQVNEUT09
Meeting ID: 883 5511 4856
Passcode: f2t9k6w8s1
Santa Cruz: TDOR Vigil
Sunday, November 21 at 5pm
Santa Cruz Clock Tower
Water & N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
Join the Santa Cruz County community to commemorate the lives of our fallen transgender siblings (and celebrate the lives of those still among us).
Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County will be holding an outdoor, socially distanced vigil at the Watsonville Plaza on November 21 at 5 pm. Contact trans@diversitycenter.org for details.
Stockton: TDOR Vigil
November 20 from 4-6:30 pm
San Joaquin Pride Center
937 N Yosemite St, Stockton, CA 95203
Join the San Joaquin Pride Center on Saturday, November 20th from 4-6:30 PM to observe the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every year, transgender folks face disproportionate amounts of violence and murder, and every year the number of reported deaths climb. This year marks the deadliest year on record, with 73 murders in the US, and 460 worldwide. There are many whose deaths went unreported. Now is the time to show up and support our trans community and loved ones as we grieve this massive loss.