Amoriya writes the words "Speaking up!" on a sign that asks, "What does it mean to be an ally?" during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
Names of transgender people who have lost their lives this year are typed onto slips of paper and placed with candles on a table during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
Stefan Koob reads a poem during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
A candle is lit in the middle of Galbreath Chapel during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
Emily Ehre wears a bow with the colors of the trans flag during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
A sign reading, "Trans People #won'tbeerased." sits toward the front of the room during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
Abby Walter sings a song she wrote during the National Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance Vigil at Galbreath Chapel on Nov. 15, 2018. The event was put on by Ohio University's LGBT Center as a part of Trans Awareness Week. (Abby Dean/WOUB)
From left, Delfin Bautista, director of Ohio University LGBT Center, and graduate assistant Jeremy Sierra make lanterns with paper bags at Ohio University LGBT Center on Friday Nov. 16, 2018 in Athens, Ohio. The "Crafternoon for Trans Day of Remembrance" is part of the memorization event of the National Transgender Day on Nov. 20, and its purpose is to memorize the transgendered people who had been killed in the past year. (Yukai Peng/WOUB)
Carolyn Hunter, outreach director of Ohio University LGBT Center, draws a rose with a marker on a paper lantern at Ohio University LGBT Center on Friday Nov. 16, 2018 in Athens, Ohio. (Yukai Peng/WOUB)
