Friday, November 19, 2010, citizens of Maryville will hold their 1st Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is the 12th year that transgender people and their allies have honored those that were needlessly murdered through anti-transgender bias. We count it a good year when the death toll has decreased from one year to the next. Yet at the same time we know that most violent crime against transgender people goes unreported as such. The fallen that we will honor are only the ones that we know of. Our Transgender Day of Remembrance will actually be two separate events: a peaceful roadside (more…)
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What Giving Looks Like: A New Insulin Pump
I have participated in many projects in my life, but more often than not, I have never actually accomplished any goal or had the fortune to see any project through to its desired end. I have now had the honor of being a part of something very, very special – something that I was able to see through to the end. In September, when Carol Ann and Laura Stutte’s home burned down in an apparent homophobic arson attack, few, if any, knew of their daughter, Kimberly who was living in the basement apartment. When a lawsuit was filed in Monroe (more…)
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