Ethan Vazquez walked with 20 others down North Halsted Street holding electric candles Thursday night during one of many Transgender Day of Remembrance celebrations held throughout the city.

The day has been observed every Nov. 20 since 1999 as a way to honor members of the community who had died or been killed.

There are “too many [people] to choose from,” said Vazquez, a trans man and lifelong Chicagoan.

“It’s important just knowing there is support out there in times of grief — and that we won’t forget,” Vazquez said on the largely quiet mile walk.

But this year’s Day of Remembrance came amid an increasingly tough times for trans people: Major Chicago health institutions dropping trans youth care, federal threats to local schools and school systems over support for trans students, a

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