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DESCRIPTION:Media Advisory                                 \nFor Immediate 
 Release\n\nOctober 22, 2007\n\nContact: \nTiffany Woods- Program 
 Coordinator\nTiffany.woods@earthlink.net\n510-713-6690 x6121\n\nLisa 
 Carver- Program Manager\nscu10@earthlink.net\n510-713-6690 x6124\n\nSECOND 
 ANNUAL ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 
 18, 2007 IN OAKLAND, CA\n\nOakland, CA - For the second year in a row, 
 Alameda County’s Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony will be held in 
 Oakland, CA on November 18, 2006 at Preservation Park’s Niles Hall. Last 
 year's inaugural event in Alameda County was attended by over 100 people; 
 up to 200 are expected this year. Planned by Tri-City Health Center’s 
 TransVision program, the event will be one of over 200 ceremonies across 
 the nation and in many foreign countries to commemorate this day.\n\nThe 
 9th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will honor transgender and gender 
 variant individuals killed due to anti-transgender violence over the 
 previous twelve months. Most recently, a transgender woman was found 
 murdered in San Francisco last April; her death remains unsolved.\n\nAs 
 well as remembering transgender victims of violence and hate crimes, the 
 event will recognize HIV/AIDS and tobacco-related illness as two other 
 major health issues that have disproportionately affected transgender 
 people living in Alameda County. Keynote speakers will include elected 
 officials and key community members; the event will conclude with the 
 reading of names of those who have been lost in the past year. This event 
 will begin at 6:00 pm with a reception before the ceremony, which begins at 
 6:30 pm, and is open and free to the community.\n\nTransVision is a program 
 serving transgender women with HIV and other health-related services 
 provided through Tri-City Health Center, a non-profit community based 
 health clinic in Fremont. The Day of Remembrance began in 1999 as a way to 
 draw attention to the issue of anti-transgender violence.  The event was 
 initially created to mark the one year anniversary of the death of a 
 Massachusetts transgender woman, Rita Hester, whose death remains 
 unsolved.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/09/18459624.php
SUMMARY:9th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
LOCATION:Preservation Park, Nile Hall, 668-13th Street\nOakland,Ca
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/09/18459624.php
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