The city of West Hollywood will host a transgender remembrance ceremony via Zoom in November. (photo by Edwin Folven)

The city of West Hollywood and its Transgender Advisory Board recognize Transgender Awareness Month each November, and as part of that recognition, the city hosts a Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony. This year, the Transgender Day of Remembrance will be hosted via the Zoom platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In anticipation of the city’s virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony, which will take place on Friday, Nov. 20, the city is inviting community members to take part in a reading of names to memorialize people who have been murdered as a result of anti-transgender violence.

Community members who are interested in volunteering in the traditional reading of names will be asked to recite the name of at least one person and share brief biographical details of that person memorialized, along with the circumstances surrounding their murder.

Community members who are interested in participating as name readers will be provided additional production-related details upon being selected to be part of the names reading portion of the event. As there are a limited number of names, capacity for participation is limited and not all volunteer requests will be able to be fulfilled. Community members interested in taking part of this event should contact Hernán Molina at hmolina@weho.org or (323)848-6364 and provide full name, phone number and an email address. For information, visit weho.org/calendar.