{"id":23785,"date":"2025-11-17T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23785"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:09:27","slug":"all-welcome-for-transgender-day-of-remembrance-service-nov-20-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/11\/17\/all-welcome-for-transgender-day-of-remembrance-service-nov-20-2\/","title":{"rendered":"All welcome for Transgender Day of Remembrance service, Nov. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University Ministry, Office of Equal Opportunity, the Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Program and UDM Pride Club will gather for a short service in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on <strong>Thursday, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The service will take place by the Peace Pole in Sacred Heart Square, just outside of the McNichols Campus Library on the McNichols Campus. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender Day of Remembrance began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman killed in 1998. Since then, it has been observed annually to raise awareness of transphobia and the fatal violence that disproportionately affects transgender people, especially women of color.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by the McNichols Campus Library to learn more about the history and experiences of transgender people through its Transgender Day of Remembrance book display and other resources.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-23786\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/brennende-kerzen-kerzenlicht.jpg?resize=993%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dozens of candles are lit.\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/brennende-kerzen-kerzenlicht.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/brennende-kerzen-kerzenlicht.jpg?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The service will take place by the Peace Pole in Sacred Heart Square, just outside of the McNichols Campus Library on the McNichols Campus on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":23786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[6219],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/brennende-kerzen-kerzenlicht.jpg?fit=615%2C347&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6bD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23787,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23785\/revisions\/23787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}