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Otsego Pride Alliance Observes National Day of Remembrance

By WRILEY NELSONONEONTA

Otsego Pride Alliance hosted a solemn, moving memorial ceremony in Oneonta on Sunday, November 19. More than 30 people congregated at Green Earth Health Market to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day of remembrance, which is held annually on November 20 nationwide, honors the memories of transgender and gender-nonconforming people whose lives were taken in acts of anti-transgender violence. OPA and community volunteer speakers offered tributes to the 77 known victims in North America in the last calendar year, including 47 victims of hate crimes. On average, one transgender person was killed in a hate crime every eight days.

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