Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"You sit there and you read the ways that we've not only been murdered but our killers have attempted to erase us -- have attempted to absolutely destroy our very existence -- and it can be very difficult to sit with that, to go through those stories and see parts of yourself in those stories. At the same time, it also strengthens my resolve that this information needs to be out there, and we need to keep fighting. I'm not going to let these people erase me or erase my community." -- Gwendolyn Ann Smith (founder of the Transgender Day of Remembrance quoted on NBC's OutFront

[Today we remember the 286 people we know of who died from anti-trans violence since the last twentieth of November -- nearly a twelfth of them murdered in the US.]