It Is That Time of The Year Unfortunately, TDoR 11/20, 2007

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This is the current TDOR event list as put out by the Remembering Our Dead web site:

Sydney, Australia
Will hold an event on Sunday, November 18 at Bar Me at 154 Brougham Street
(cnr William Street) Kings Cross.
1:00pmWelcome and Announcements
1:05pm "Surviving Life and Death on the Edge" norrie mAy-welby
1:30pm Light refreshments,
with Jade Starr playing appropriate songs.
2:05pm Panel Discussion
3:05pm Pit Stop
3:10 — 5:00pm Movie: Different For Girls
with food and drink available.
Contact: [email protected]
Visit the website: http://webspinning.org/tdor2007

Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
The Pride Center, Peak Area Gender Expressions and the B.G.C. Outreach
are hosting the Southern Colorado 'T' Party, a day of Transgender
Awareness. On November 17, 2007.It will be held at Pikes Peak
Metropolitan Community Church 1102 S 21st St Colorado Springs from
9AM- 8PM
This event will feature caregiver workshops as well as workshops for
clients and persons who want to learn more about TGism. Our featured
speaker is Dr Marci Bowers.
Workshops include:
Medical:
What Is TG
Surgery
Hormones
Therapy
Breast Cancer

Non-Medical:
Hate Crimes and violence
Politics
Christian Faith

Evening Memorial Service
Lunch will be provided by the Colorado Springs Pride Center
A pot-luck dinner provided by PAGE will be offered from 5-630pm.
We will be showing videos of various documentaries collected by our members.
during the dinner.
For More Info:
Dr Kelly Holmes 719-471-4429
Miss Nancy-Jo Morris 719-217-8896
Rev Cathryn Paradise 719-217-4379

Hartford, Connecticut USA
CTAC (Connecticut Trans Advocacy Coalition) will be sponsoring
a transgender day of remembrance event on Tuesday, November 20
Beginning at 6:00pm — Walk to the Capital from the First Presbyterian
Church, 136 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 with a candlelight
vigil at the Capital and leave the Capital at 7:00pm to go to the MCC
church
7:30pm — Memorial program at Metropolitan Community Church of
Hartford, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, CT 06106
8:30pm — Reception
Everyone is welcome to attend either or both of the ceremonies.
Contact: Diana [email protected]

Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Will hold a Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil on
Monday, November 19, at 7 p.m. at the Dusty Bookshelf.

Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Kansas State University
Feminist student organization, Ordinary women are sponsoring a free screening
of the film Transgeneration on Sunday, November 18, at 7 p.m. in the
Kansas State University Student Union's Little Theatre.
Here is the website for these events:
http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~stough/tdor/

Boston, Massachusetts USA
Details pending

Northampton, Massachusetts USA
Details pending

Worcester, Massachusetts USA
Will have a Transgender Day or Remembrance event on Tuesday, November 20
From 6:00 — 8:00 PM at 85 Green Street, Worcester, MA 01604
There will be a free dinner, annual reading of the names, annual
candle lighting
ceremony and a keynote speaker (to be announced).
Contact: Joan Anderson at 508-755-3773 or [email protected]
for more information.

Ferndale, Michigan USA
Transgender Day of Remembrance event to be held on
Friday, November 16, at the Metropolitan Church of Detroit,
located at 2441 Pinecrest.
The event starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Our speakers will be Ms.Michelle Brown and Ms. Julie Nemecek.
We also will be reading the names of the victims.
More details to follow
Contact: Michelle Fox-Phillips
Executive Director
Transgender Detroit
[email protected]

Long Island, New York USA
There will be a service on Sunday, November 18, at the South Nassau
Unitarian Congregation at 228 South Ocean Avenue Freeport, NY 11520.
The service will begin at 7:00PM. Melissa Sklarz will be the guest speaker.
Everyone is welcome. There will be a coffee and cake reception after
the service.
Contact: Eileen [email protected]
Please visit our Yahoo group page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LongIslandTDOR for more information, or
to help out by volunteering.

New York, New York USA
Details to follow
Contact: Julia Porfido [email protected]

Poughkeepsie, New York USA
Mid-Hudson Valley Transgender Assoc. - MHVTA
will be holding TG DOR on our regular monthly meeting on Mon.
Nov. 26. We will hold a candlelight service and our scheduled guest
for the evening is Pauline Park from NYC.
For more information, contact: Jan Brown [email protected]
MHVTA web site: http://www.ren.org/rafil/MHVTA/index.htm

Stony Brook, New York USA
State University of New York
Will be hosting an event on Tuesday, November 20. This event will
feature a performance by Kate Bornstein, a showing of the film
"Trained in the Ways of Men" by film maker Michelle Prevost, and a
candlelight ceremony in cooperation with the student LGBT association.
Contact: Eileen [email protected]
Please visit our Yahoo group page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LongIslandTDOR for more information, or
to volunteer.

Columbus, Ohio USA
Details to follow

Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas USA
Details to be announced
Contact: Beth Richards [email protected]

Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
Transgender Day of Remembrance event to be held on
Tuesday, November 20 at 7:00 PM at New Life MCC,
located at 5701 Thurston Rd..
More details to follow
Contact: DE [email protected]

Also I am planning to say Kaddish on the Sabbath before 11/20. If you are religious please do what is appropriate for your religion to honor these dead.

Find out how you can support HB 1722 -
"An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes"
visit www.masstpc.org

www.rememberingourdead.org