Below is a blog from feministing.com that talks about the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
But I’d also like us to take a moment today to not only remember the lives that trans folks have lost, but also the lives that they’ve lived.
Remember fabulous queens, quirky queers, beautiful femmes, handsome butches, daring transmen, strong women, and the collective courage and love of life that our community embodies on a daily basis.
With warmth, love, and pride,
Sexnerd
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Feministing: 
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009
Today is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day was created as a time to grieve trans and gender non-conforming people killed over the past year because of fear and hatred. It also serves as a time to raise awareness about violence against trans folks. The event was started by Gwendolyn Ann Smith following the murder of Rita Hester on November 28, 1998. Every year since the day’s founding vigils and memorial events have been held in the US and increasingly all over the world.
This year the TGEU Trans Murder Monitoring project TDOR 2009 update has collected information about over 160 people killed because of other people’s violent reaction to their trans presentation or identity. These numbers represent only those people we know about. We don’t know how many trans folks were actually murdered this year – our identities are so rarely recognized and there is still so little awareness about trans issues and the violence trans folks face that it is safe to say many murders of trans folks went unreported.
