Members of the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS), led by the Services’ Equity and Inclusion Unit, will be marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20 with a Flag Raising ceremony.
Greetings will come from PFLAG Durham representative Theodore Thomas Dowling, Durham Regional Police Supt. Teresa Hutchinson and Durham Regional Chair John Henry, said a DRPS media release.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil has expanded to include all trans people who have died because of violence and it is now recognized globally.
- Where: Regional Headquarters, West Entrance, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby
- When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
- Time: 2:15 p.m.