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At least transgender women of color have been murdered in the United States since June.

Today, on the we honor their lives and mourn their deaths. These women - 鈥� had their lives taken from them because they lived in this world that too often fails to value black, brown, and gender non-conforming bodies.

to honor the life of 鈥� a black transwoman, who was murdered in Boston, Massachusetts 鈥� the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a time to say the names of and reflect upon the lives of our trans brothers and sisters lost to violence. It is a time to raise awareness about the epidemic of violence and systemic rejection that the trans community faces in our country and around the world.

At the same time that we mourn these losses and lament this violence, it is important that we also honor the brave resistance of so many trans people, who organize, fight, and take care of one another in the face of so much. Remembering trans people of color in death and as victims is not enough. We must stand besides and hold up trans communities, particularly communities of color, in life. We must continue to work to end mass incarceration and the criminalization of poverty, gender non-conformity, and blackness.

Last week, to celebrate the work of incarcerated trans woman, Dee Farmer, who filed a lawsuit to challenge the violent abuses she experienced in federal prison. The conference opened with Dee Farmer herself speaking from prison about the case she brought all the way to the Supreme Court in 1994. She told the audience of lawyers, prison administrators, organizers and other activists: 鈥淭he transgender community in prison very much needs support of transgenders outside of prison.鈥�

From a panel on sexual assault in detention, prison survivor and Just Detention International member, Troy Isaac, echoed Dee鈥檚 sentiment: 鈥淧eople are being abused in detention & people don't care. As I sit here on this panel, not everyone cares.鈥�

We care. But we can and should care more. And do more.

On Monday, black trans activist Monica Jones will head back to court in Phoenix, Arizona, for the appeal of her conviction for 鈥渕anifesting intent鈥� to solicit prostitution. In Phoenix, almost anything 鈥� from waving one鈥檚 hands to stopping and talking to passersby 鈥� can be used as evidence that a person is 鈥渕anifesting鈥� an intent to engage in prostitution.

Without clear standards of what conduct is made criminal, police often stop and target people based on bias. Assumed to be sex workers, transgender woman of color face widespread targeting under these vague and overbroad laws. Like so many trans women of color, Monica was assumed to be engaging in sex work because of where she lived and how she was dressed.

In August when Monica鈥檚 appeal was filed, we joined her and Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox in Phoenix to raise awareness of the profiling of trans women of color by police. We wrote 鈥淲e #StandWithMonica because transgender women of color should be able to walk down the street in their neighborhoods without being arrested, , for simply being themselves.鈥� We will continue to stand with Monica on Monday and throughout her appeals, and we ask you to join us.

Follow the hashtags #translivesmatter and #standwithmonica. the Deliberate Resistance: LGBT Prisoner Rights 20 Years After Farmer v. Brennan Symposium.

While we remember, we must also resist. There are so many trans people who are doing the of surviving, caretaking, organizing, and transforming.

Today is a day to that work and those fights.

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