Each observance is different, representing the uniqueness of the local transgender communities that organize them. Some are very formal, others more folksy; some feel like a church service, while others are more like a civil rights rally. However, almost all share one element in common: a reading of the names of people murdered over the last 12 months simply because they were transgender or someone believed them to be. This year's list has 256 names on it.
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French police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a
synagogue
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French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who
is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of
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