SC organizations to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance | Arts & Culture

On Saturday, November 17 at 7pm in front of the State House in Columbia, Palmetto Transgender Association, along with SC Equality and the Harriet Hancock LGBT Center will be holding a candlelight reading of the names of those killed world-wide by trans-phobic violence the previous 12 months.

Scheduled speakers include: Ryan Wilson, Executive Director of SC Equality; Lester Franzen, President of the Board, Harriet Hancock LGBT Center; Amy Garbati of Charleston Area Transgender Support, and Rev. Tiffany Adams.

More information and a complete list of the victim's names and locations of memorial gatherings; www.transgenderdor.org