Murdered transgendered people honoured and remembered in N.B.
A transgender day of remembrance was held in North Battleford Monday to honour the 387 known transgendered people around the world who were murdered over the last year.
The ceremony was held at Sakewew High School and the turnout was described as a “small, but enthusiastic” crowd by Battlefords Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) member BobbisueThom.
According to Thom 0.6 per cent of the Battlefords population identifies as transgender. She added the 387 deaths of transgendered in the last 12 months don’t paint the whole picture as those are just the reported deaths from 25 countries. According to her, events like the one held on Monday are needed to help spread awareness and promote acceptance.
“We exist and we have the right to exist,” Thom said. “A lot of people don’t realize that some of us are murdered just for being ourselves. For no other reason than just for being who we are. Often the murders are not well investigated either.”