Whose Day of Remembrance?

This year the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) lists 162 trans people killed. That's over 3 a week.
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Transgender Day of Rememberance 11/20/09

Today, November 20th marks the eleventh Transgender Day of Remembrance, a solemn time to think back and honor our transgender brothers and sisters who were murdered for being who they are.
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Incompetence Puts D.C.'s AIDS Funds at Risk … Levi Was Never Going Full Frontal

ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. → If Washington D.C. doesn't put a stop to the "mishandling" of federal AIDS funds, then HUD is simply going to stop giving them out.
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South Boston arson deaths highlight domestic violence in same-sex relationships

Acia and Sophia Johnson died in South Boston house fire in April, 2008, law enforcement officials allege resulted from a spat between their mother and her girlfriend.
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Rock Hudson's Partner Marc Christian Dead (Of Drug Overdose?)

Marc Christian, either the "good friend" or "partner" (according to Wikipedia) of late Rock Hudson (pictured), has died of a reported drug overdose.
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Targeting Cao

Yglesias sighs: There’s also a whole bunch of folks who’ve decided that it’d be hilarious to start referring to Rep.
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Marijuana: Less Dangerous Than Aspirin

I don't for a minute buy cannabis "fatalities". It's impossible to kill yourself with pot. The press reports "cannabis-related" deaths which is surreal.
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Cyber vandal hits police website

A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan attacks the website of Durham Police, forcing it to temporarily close.
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Well at least our threatened deaths will come after the 'left wing liberals.'

This from a reader in Powder Springs, GA: *Comment source: Carrie tends to her Garden [G-A-Y] So wait, opposition: Tell us again about how gays are "militant" and how the rise in right-wing extremism is just a myth.
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GLAAD Activist Dies on Gay Cruise

Warner Bros. attorney and GLAAD board member Spencer Yu, died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 21 during an Atlantis seven-day Mexican cruise.
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PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: Halloween / Sweat-Lodge Deaths / Gender Issues

PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: Halloween / Sweat-Lodge Deaths / Gender IssuesReutersAnd, between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in gay and lesbian households.
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Sweat Lodge Guru: Remorse, But No Apology

"I feel your pain. I accept your anger," says James Arthur Ray, who continues to operate while under investigation into three deaths
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Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention: Global Perspective

"RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: It is projected that raising the minimum year- round serum 25(OH)D level to 40 to 60 ng/mL (100–150 nmol/L) would prevent approximately 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year, and three fourths of deaths from these diseases in the United States and Canada, based on observational studies combined with a randomized trial.
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SHOCK: Boyzone Singer Stephen Gately Found Dead

Boybander Stephen Gately, who helmed the Irish pop group Boyzone with four others, was found dead on holiday in Majorca.
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He Walked Into a D.C. Building for a Sex Party. Then His Head Hit a Metal Pipe and He Died

Know what's a terrible way to leave an all-night sex party? Dead. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.
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Provincetown cemetery full

"It’s not a good time to die in Provincetown if you want to be buried in the town cemetery.

Officials say there are only a handful of unsold plots available, and it will be eight months to a year before a new three-acre site can be cleared and prepared for additional burials.
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Digest for September 16th through September 19th

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for September 16th through September 19th: Where’s The Morality? 45,000 Deaths Per Year–The Real Cost of The Current Health Care “System” – Op-Ed Columnist: The Scourge Persists – Southern Baggage – The Race Debate Is Bigger [.
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Greenpeace calls for murder charges in toxic dumping case

A financial penalty may not be enough in this extreme case. The Independent: Trafigura, the oil-trading company at the centre of the scandal caused by the dumping of tons of toxic waste in one of the world's poorest countries, could be prosecuted for murder after a dossier of evidence was submitted to a court in the Netherlands yesterday, alleging that the sludge caused deaths and serious injuries.
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Shiny New Goalposts

Ackerman reads through the new the AfPak metrics (acquired by The Cable): Most of these look unfamiliar to the benchmarks established for Iraq in 2007, which included such granular measurements as electricity kilowatt-hours and sectarian-caused deaths and so forth.
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Patrick Swayze Dead at 57

After a very public battle with pancreatic cancer, Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze died today. He was 57.
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