Photo: Transgender leader and advocate Sabel Samone-Loreca
The City of West Hollywood and the City’s Transgender Advisory Board recognize November as Transgender Awareness Month.
The City of West Hollywood will fly the transgender flag over West Hollywood City Hall through Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The flag will be flown at half-mast on November 20, which is Transgender Day of Remembrance, in honor of transgender individuals who have been murdered. City Hall will be awash in blue, pink, and white lighting throughout the month. From Wednesday, November 10, 2021 through Sunday, November 21, 2021, the globe lanterns above Santa Monica Boulevard between N. Robertson Boulevard and Hancock Avenue will glow in blue, pink, and white. Transgender flags will be flown on the City’s medians where flags are currently displayed.
This year, the Transgender Advisory Board of the City of West Hollywood will present a virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 6 p.m. featuring a reading of names to memorialize people who have been murdered as a result of anti-transgender violence. The program will be hosted by transgender leader and advocate Sabel Samone-Loreca and will include guest speakers and tributes by musical artist LZ Love and the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, TCLA. For information about the Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony, visit www.weho.org/lgbtq.
