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Transgender Day of Remembrance Service

November 17, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

On Sunday, November 17, area churches will gather together for a memorial service in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in DeKalb at 5:30PM. A free meal will follow the service. This event will be one many around the world to commemorate this day.

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors transgender and gender variant individuals who were murdered due to anti-transgender violence over the previous twelve months. The Day of Remembrance began in 1999 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.

Participating congregations include: Westminster Presbyterian Church, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, First Congregational Church, and First Lutheran Church (DeKalb), Salem Lutheran Church and the Federated Church (Sycamore), Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (Geneva), and Friendship Presbyterian Church (Chicago). The meal after the service will be hosted by Westminster’s Committee on Diversity and Allyship.

A free-will offering will be collected during the service, with all proceeds going to Youth Outlook, a social service agency serving LGBTQ+ youth in Northern Illinois.

Westminster Presbyterian Church is an accessible facility with all-gender, single occupancy restrooms. Large-print bulletins and listening-assist devices are available on request.

Details

Date:
November 17, 2019
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Westminster Presbyterian Church
830 North Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb, IL 60115 United States
Phone:
815-756-2905