Liss at Shakeville has some good words and a summary list of the more than 100 trans people (that we know of) who died violently during the last year for being who they were. That’s nearly 1 person every three days. Each individual and their story has also been memorialized at the TDOR site.

It’s a list that’s far too long — as is the equivalent list at Rainbow Memorial — and it elicited tears and expressions of sympathy from a number of the cisgendered Shakers. Which is appreciated.

But more than tears and hugs, what we need some ass-kicking anger channeled into changing things.

For example, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — which would ban job discrimination due to sexual orientation and gender identity — has gotten held up in the House, with no word on when it will get back on track — and passage is still uncertain in the Senate.

In 29 states, it is still legal to fire someone because they’re gay; and in 38 states, it is legal to fire someone because they are transgender. The wingnuts have been reportedly been flooding Congress with calls arguing that it’s a “special right” not to be fired for who you are. Your Congress critter needs to hear that there’s a lot of their constituents who feel it’s time to overturn the “special right” of being able to fire someone out of bigotry.