Thoughts From Last Night

Two things come to mind about the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The first is the story told by the reverend. He is a chaplain to a number of hospitals around the area and he told of going in to visit a man who tried to take his own life. He told him that he was a transgender woman. The minister asked her what is her name and she told him, and he asked would she like him to tell the staff to use that name. She said yes and started to cry. He then told her a secret… that he is trans and that there is a community out there that will welcome her with open arms. I thought this had to be more than a coincident what are the odds for a person who tried to take their life because they are trans to have a trans minster walk in to console her.

The other thing was there were so many trans people kill this year, we lit a candle for each one and placed the lit candle in a metal bowl filled with sand. The heat from all those candles caused them to melt and when the candles melted all down the bowl filled with wax and caught fire. It felt very symbolic with the flames rising up on the altar. All the candles merged together into one fire, it was kind of like all their souls become one.