A transgender woman in Brandon says it was hard not to get emotional as a list of about 300 transgender, non-binary or gender-diverse people who have died as a result of violence was read aloud on Thursday.

Nora Wilson, chair of Brandon Pride, was one of 70 people who gathered at Knox United Church at noon to honour the lives lost, marking Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is observed annually on Nov. 20.

“It’s hard not to see myself because to be transgender is to accept that violence is a possibility, that my life could end in violence,” Wilson told the Sun.

“But I take these losses of life as an important reminder of how much I have to keep working and fighting for our rights everywhere, especially here in our community.”

During the ceremony, some of the speakers wiped tears fro

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