"The Queer Neighborhood Council, a nonprofit dedicated to LGBTQ advocacy, issued a statement in an Instagram post Thursday. 'This act is not simple vandalism; it is a hate crime that directly echoes the very violence and prejudice that TDOR was established to condemn,' the group said in its statement. 'The removal of this public, permitted memorial is a brutal reminder that the hate which spurs anti-trans violence is alive and active in our City and our communities.'"
"The flags were planted on Boston Common, directly across from the State House, last Sunday to honor "every known trans and gender-expansive person lost to fatal violence since 2020." This is the first time such a memorial has been organized, according to Jack Imbergamo, executive director of the Queer Neighborhood Council. All told, volunteers placed 425 flags. On Monday night, Imbergamo said he received an email from someone who described seeing multiple people taking down the flags and throwing them away."
A Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial of 425 flags was installed on Boston Common with a city permit to honor every known trans and gender-expansive person lost to fatal violence since 2020. The Queer Neighborhood Council organized the display and volunteers placed the flags directly across from the State House. The memorial was deliberately taken down overnight, leaving no traces and the flags missing. LGBTQ advocates condemned the removal as hateful vandalism and called for a hate-crime investigation. The removal prompted community outrage and reinforced concerns about ongoing anti-trans violence and attacks on public memorials.
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