Brazos Valley Transgender Day of Remembrance 2026

WHEN: Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: UUCBV 1719 E 29th St, Bryan, TX 77802

Every year internationally community gather to hold space in a vigil for those who have died due to anti-transgender violence in the past year. While statistically many deaths are of TPOC worldwide, anti-transgender violence impacts the whole community including nonbinary individuals, those closest to transgender people, and those who do not meet predefined cultural norms of maleness or femaleness.

Here in the Brazos Valley we gather to share some of the stories of those that have passed and bind them to our memories. In addition, we honor not just victims worldwide, but also survivors and the loss to our communities.

Potluck

What will you bring?

As we gather together in honor, we also gather to nourish ourselves in holding memory and looking towards the future. If you can bring a food related item to share in community, please let us know what you might bring through the button above. Change your mind at the last minute? That’s ok, this helps us get an idea of what sort of community refreshment we can plan for

Speakers / Musical or Performative Remembrance

Would you like to be a part of the program to express your remembrance of those we have lost through spoken word, dance, or music? Please email bvtdor@pridecc.org with subject title “TDOR: Interlude Talent”

Help fund the event

Would you, your business, or organization be interested in financially sponsoring this event. Funds are always appreciated as we gather to remember on this day.

Volunteer with us

PrideBrazos

Aggieland Serves

We need individuals to help out in the following roles for this event. Sign up to volunteer either through our volunteer portal on galaxy digital or through Aggieland Serves for those affiliated with Texas A&M University. Both methods will be watched and updated regarding persons needed. Roles and volunteers needed are listed below:

Roles

Testimonial Prep (30):
- Volunteers who will gather resources from Remembering Our Dead and other resources to compile testimony or eulogy of one or more of those lost due to anti-transgender violence this past year. Testimonial Prep volunteers do not have to read the pieces they write during our vigil, but are welcome to sign up as Readers as well
Readers (15):
- Readers are those in our program who will offer testimonial/euology for an individual who has passed due to anti-transgender violence in the past year. Readers can read testimonials they have written themselves (please sign up for Testimonial Prep if you are planning to do so) or those written by others.
  
  Sometimes the act of testimonial exposes one to emotional vulnerability. All readers will be in a safe space and leadership is on-hand as support during emotional distress if it occurs.
- Dress Code:
  Please dress for your own comfort, but also in honor of those we remember. As a speaker, presenting in a respectable manner (whatever that means to you) is important.
Setup (3):
- Key Responsibilities:
  Assist with decor, help setup refreshments for the event.
  Help set up any lighting (will be provided) to honor the event.
  Assist with any street art such as chalk flags in trans flag colors
- Dress Code: Please dress for your own comfort, but also in honor of those we remember. Setup requires very little heavy lifting for this event, so dressing ruggedly is not as important as dress for you.
Cleanup (5)
- Key Responsibilities:
  Assist with removing decor.
  Help clean dishes.
  Assist with removing garbage to the appropriate places indicated by onsite leadership.
  Make sure participants are done before cleaning up their items
- Dress Code:
  Please dress for your own comfort, but also in honor of those we remember. Cleanup requires very little heavy lifting for this event, so dressing ruggedly is not as important as dressing for you