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Fall River remembrance lists transgender deaths, speakers recount threats and coming-out stories
Summary
At a Fall River Pride Committee memorial at City Hall, speakers read a U.S.-only list of transgender and gender‑nonconforming people killed in the past year, recounted threats and personal coming-out experiences, and called for community support before a moment of silence and flag-raising.
Sean Connell, a Fall River resident who spoke at the memorial event on behalf of local organizers, opened by identifying as trans and nonbinary and saying he had received a death threat while preparing for the ceremony. "In preparing for tonight, my very life was threatened," Connell said, and he urged the crowd to support one another and to connect people who feel unsafe with local resources.
Several people shared personal testimony. An unnamed participant described discovering the term agender while researching transgender bathroom rights in school, saying it "immediately clicked" and recounting the fear and relief of coming out to family and peers. Another speaker recited a poem about living…
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