"What mere remembrance doesn't capture is transgender people's courage to live in active and willful defiance of prejudice. Those who sacrificed their lives to be who they are -- the vast majority trans women of color and gender-nonconforming femmes -- were not passive victims to be remembered and mourned. They were fighters and rebels who challenged the norms of our society, their communities and often their families." -- Meredith Talusan, "On Trans Day of Remembrance, we must do much more than remember", 2015-11-19
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