International Transgender
Day of Remembrance
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November 20
The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
Although not every person honored during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender, each was a victim of volence based on bais against transgender people. The deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more that one person per mouth has died due to transgender based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign on abating.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that the media doesn't perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express the love and respect for our people in the face of national indifferance and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends, and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who've died by anti-transgender violence.
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Transgender Michigan advocates and educates against transgender violence and discrimination. Transgender Michigan is encouraging and assisting in Day of Remembrance observances throughout the state.
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Michigan Observances
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2026
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Thursday, November 19. The Unitarian Universalist Church in Traverse City at 6726 Center Road hosts a really meaningful event to help us remember members of the transgender community who’ve lost their lives in the past year. We’ll start to gather at 6:00 and a vigil to honor lives lost to violence, bigotry, and hate begins at 6:30.
Heart of the Rainbow Ministry, Transgender Remembrance Day Vigil
Friday, November 20⋅7:00 – 8:30pm
3955 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084, USA
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A vigil to honor community members lost through the course of the year, special guest speaker Dina L Walters and a reading of names of our loved ones. This is the first of events being held to promote a better understanding of the transgender community and to foster a greater level of peaceful co-existence in society. All are encouraged to attend this safe-space event.
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November 20, 6 to 7:30pm
Presented By: Spectrum Center
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Spectrum Center invites you to our Transgender Day of Remembrance Banquet, an annual memorial observance honoring the transgender people whose lives were lost this past year due to acts of anti-trans violence. We will gather in the Michigan Room of the Michigan League at 6:00 p.m. and join with our other U-M campus partners and students as we share a meal, read the names of those we have lost, and hear words and thoughts from trans speakers. The event will conclude with an activity where we will draw images and write messages of love, support, and affirmation to our trans family in an act of connection and solidarity. This event will center the transgender and non-binary community, and is open to the entire U-M community.
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Jim Toy Center
Transgender Day of Remembrance | Nov. 20
Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the lives of transgender people lost to anti-transgender violence. Join us on November 20 as we pay our respects to our trans friends. Together, we’ll hold space for grief, remembrance, and community.
The event will be held at Vertex Coffee in Ypsilanti from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and include an open mic for community reflections. All are welcome!
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) Hosted by: Transgender Livingston County and CUUB
November 20, 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Community Unitarian Universalists in Brighton (CUUB) 3333 S. Old US Hwy 23 Brighton, MI 48114
This year’s memorial will be a simple candlelight service to honor the transgender people whose lives were cut short, this past year, due to acts of anti-trans violence as well as those who were taken by their own hand. The service will include speakers and a public reading of the names of those we lost this past year.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
In memory of those we have lost as a result of transphobia.
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing, Ml 48911
November 20, 2026, 6:30 pm
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Community Vigil
PFLAG Plymouth-Canton
Friday, November 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Peace Pole at Heritage Park, Canton
Join us for a vigil to honor and remember our trans siblings who have died by violence, 55 from Michigan alone in the past year. We'll read their names and hear some reflectiions.