'We come out to live because it is so much better to be who you are. To live your true self. To live authentically. And so all of the discrimination, the hate speech, all of that, it really comes second to living.'
"We come out to live because it is so much better to be who you are. To live your true self. To live authentically. And so all of the discrimination, the hate speech, all of that, it really comes second to living."Dozens gathered at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord Sunday night for a vigil for Transgender Remembrance Day, organized by the Rainbow Community Center in Contra Costa County. Their goal was to honor transgender lives lost due to hate and discrimination.
They lit candles and read names of those who have died. The mood felt somber as they push towards a goal limiting the number of trans people who are killed or die by suicide.
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