Brittany Stergis
A transgender woman who was killed in 2013.
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Betty Skinner
Transgender woman killed in 2013
Grace Longwell Coyle
American sociologist, author, and educator, specialized in social reform through group activity while professor at the School of Applied Sciences of Western Reserve University (later Case Western) for almost 30 years.
Stella Walsh
Polish-American runner named the greatest woman athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Helm Athletic Foundation (1951)
Penni Ashe Matz
Penni Ashe Matz andGwendolyn Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.
Rita Hester
The origins of Transgender Day of Remembrance can be traced to the killing of Rita Hester on November 28, 1998.
Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman from San Francisco, to begin the “Remembering Our Dead” website memorial in order to commemorate the lives of transgender people who have been killed. With the help of fellow activist Penni Ashe Matz, Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.
Ce Ce Acoff
A transgender woman who was killed when an intimate partner discovered that she was transgender and stabbed her in 2013
Amy Ray
The Indigo Girls are a folk-rock duo from Atlanta known for their inventive blend of Appalachian, pop, and rock influences.
Emily Saliers
The Indigo Girls are a folk-rock duo from Atlanta known for their inventive blend of Appalachian, pop, and rock influences.