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Los Angeles LGBT Center mourns the deadliest year on record on Transgender Day of Remembrance

BY VICTOR MELAMED

This year we mourn the loss of 53 known transgender and non-binary lives in the United States—making 2021 our nation’s deadliest year on record for the trans community since data collection began.

“The Los Angeles LGBT Center joins transgender and non-binary people, communities, and organizations across the country in denouncing the continued, pervasive, and violent attacks against them, especially against Black and Latina transwomen,” the Los Angeles LGBT Center Executive Director Joe Hollendoner said last month on Transgender Day of Remembrance.

“It is critical to mourn, remember, and honor these lives lost as we address the uptick of blatant anti-trans and racist rhetoric in our communities, in media, and in legislatures nationwide.”

“Every time a transgender or non-binary person is reported killed, my heart aches. Undoubtedly, someone in our Los Angeles trans community knows at least one of these 53 known victims in the United States—and that should never be the case,” said Trans Wellness Center Program Manager Mariana Marroquin. “We need to do more than bring awareness to these vicious deaths. We must act on preventing more deaths through community education and compassion. At the Trans Wellness Center, our clients tell us the horrible acts of violence and discrimination they encounter every day, stories which many of us are very familiar with. We will continue to provide them with the support and the safe space until every trans and non-binary person is healthy, equal, and complete. Rest in power to those taken from us too soon.”

The Center provides culturally competent care and services for transgender and non-binary individuals in all of its programs and services. In addition, the following programs are among those they offer specifically for the transgender community:

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