Arizona Day of Remembrance
When
Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 5:00pm
Where
The Arizona State Capitol
1700 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona
In November of 1998, Rita Hester, a transgender woman in Boston, Massachusetts, answered a knock at her door. Instead of a friend, however, the person at the door was an assailant who forced entry into her apartment and stabbed her over twenty times. Rita's death that night proved to be the event that focused the attention of transgender people everywhere on the terrible violence often inflicted on trans people.
Beginning in November 1999, the Transgender Day of Remembrance has been observed in many cities worldwide. In vigils and memorial services, we honor the memory of persons murdered during the past year.
More details on the event can be found at http://www.azdor.org/