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A candle glows orange over a transgender pride flag. In an Express Yourself opinion piece, Christy-Lynne Lapine reminds readers that the Transgender Day of Remembrance is not a celebration, but a commemoration of transgender lives lost. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Express Yourself: Transgender Day of Remembrance is commemoration, not holiday

By Christy-Lynne Lapine | November 18, 2024

For a group only representing a small percentage of the population, one day each year to honor and mourn our dead might seem pointless. Beginning with a website meant to educate the trans community and inform the cisgender world, the holiday and the list...

“Trans lives are sacred!” is written in sidewalk chalk in front of the Jack Arends Hall. The Transgender Day of Rememberance is a yearly observance on Nov. 20 for individuals who’ve lose their lives to anti-transgender violence. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

NIU to hold Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | November 20, 2023

DeKALB – Nov. 20 is a day to honor those in the transgender community killed by violence. This year, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will be hosting a remembrance vigil as part...

Trevon Smith, president of the on-campus group Prism, giving a speech to memorialize the lives of trans people who have passed due to violence on Tuesday at the skyroom in Holmes Student Center. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Trans day of remembrance vigil

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | November 16, 2022

An illustrated crowd of people standing, decorated with the transgender flag and hearts. Transgender Day of Remembrance is on Sunday, Nov. 20, with this week leading up to it being trans awareness week. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Transgender day of remembrance vigil to be held at Holmes Student Center

By Jermel Williams, Sports Reporter | November 15, 2022

DeKALB – Today at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center in the Sky Room, a vigil and reading of names will take place for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Many leaders across the NIU campus will take part in observing the memories of those who...