November 20th: The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities across the world. On Wednesday, November 17th, City College of San Francisco held its Transgender Awareness Day and Resource Fair. On November 20th in San Francisco, people gathered at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro at 6:30 p.m. for a solemn march down Market Street to the LGBT Community Center. At 7:30 p.m. in the Rainbow Room of the LGBT Center, the official Day of Remembrance memorial featured members of Gwen Araujo's and Toni “Delicious” Green’s families, and a performance by the Transcendence Gospel Choir. In San Jose, the event at the Billy De Frank LGBT Center featured be Gwen Araujo’s mother, Sylvia Guerrero. UC Davis Trans Action Week. More TDoR locations locally and nationwide. Other events in the Bay Area this week. 9/1 Event to Honor Slain Sexworkers