HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 11/20/2018 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 20, 2018 AS TRANSGPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to making this community a more
inclusive, diverse and welcoming place for all; and
WHEREAS, we invite all residents of Fort Collins to join in these efforts, because a
community that is inclusive and diverse is a safer community and a stronger community; and
WHEREAS, this month is an opportunity to inspire, inform and educate our community
about the contributions of and challenges faced by the transgender and gender non-binary
community; and
WHEREAS, this month we remember on this day those in the transgender community
who have lost their lives. Today marks the nineteenth year of the Transgender Day of
Remembrance. On November 20, we memorialize and honor the members of the transgender
community who have been killed as a result of being who they are - such as Angie Zapata, an 18-
year-old Greeley resident who was killed in 2008; and
WHEREAS, this month we strive to create greater awareness of the transgender
community – in memoriam, in honor and also in celebration – and we strive to create an
environment, now and in the future, that fosters acceptance and discourages and condemns
violence; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of November as
TRANSGENDER AWARENESS MONTH
in the city of Fort Collins in honor of those lost and those living in the transgender community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 20th day of November, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk