Dozens of people gathered in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual event to honor the memory of lives lost to anti-transgender violence.

Elected officials and transgender advocates read off a proclamation from the governor’s office remembering the lives lost to violence and celebrating transgender Minnesotans.

LGBTQ+ people said the remembrance events carry a different weight this year as changes are introduced in other states — and on the federal level — designed to attack transgender rights.

“Remembrance alone is not enough, not anymore. We must name the harm, not just the physical violence, but the legislative violence, the rhetorical violence, the cultural violence, the kind that shows up in school boards, in court rooms, in newsrooms and in

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