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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern Society of Transgender and Non-Binary Students painted The Rock the colors of the transgender flag with the names of more than 30 transgender individuals whose lives were “taken through violent means,” according to the Human Rights Campaign.

STANS hosts vigil, paints rock in commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 21, 2024

Northwestern Society of Transgender and Non-Binary Students hosted a vigil at The Rock Wednesday night to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance and those who have died as a result of anti-transgender...

The windows of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center displays the faces of 22 transgender individuals lost to transphobic violence in 2019. A small group gathered at Norris University Center for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

MSA vigil memorializes deaths of transgender individuals

November 21, 2019

In 2019 alone, at least 22 transgender people — mostly black women — were killed due to anti-transgender violence, and two more deaths are still being investigated for discriminatory intent, according...

Sylvia Regan (left) and JT Turner read the names of victims of anti-transgender violence during a vigil in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. The event was held by Multicultural Student Affairs Monday in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance.

NU community members gather to remember victims of anti-transgender violence

November 21, 2017

Northwestern students, faculty and staff read the names of victims of anti-transgender violence and honored their memories during a Monday vigil held in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. The...

Students and staff honor victims of transgender violence at vigil

November 21, 2015

Northwestern community members convened Friday night to commemorate lives lost to anti-transgender violence for the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil. While chanting "Say their name” after each...

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