Night of Hope 2025

Transgender Night of Hope Details

The Transgender Night of Hope is a sister event to the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This night encourages folks to share messages of hope, inspire resiliency, and be a warm memory we can hold onto as we head into winter. This event was a digital event that took place on Nov 20th on Facebook Live. Folks can also watch it on YouTube right now!

This event also raised money for trans mutual aid efforts and if you want to get a feel for the night, you can check out the musical intro video below!

Event Intro

Money Raised!

Transgender day of remembrance Events

This is for all the Transgender Day of Remembrance Events happening across the state. Events will be added as they are announced! PLEASE SHARE THEM!

Fargo/Moorhead

Trans Day of Remembrance community vigil - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Organization: FM People's Pride
Location: MB Johnson (Small Shelter) - 3601 Oakport St N, Moorhead

Greater Grand Forks

Transgender Day of Remembrance - 6:00 PM
Location: Christus Rex Lutheran Center - 3012 University Ave, Grand Forks, ND.

Detroit Lakes Area

Transgender Day of Remembrance - 5:30 PM
Organization: Detroit Lakes Area Pride
Location: 900 Lake Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN

South Dakota Area

Transgender day of Remembrance - 7:00 PM
Organization - Many
Location: Online

Video Submission Guidelines

submissions open till Nov 13th!

Trans/Enby/Gender Diverse Participant

Optional Name/Pronouns
Optional Video/Audio - I can read your script!
Goal time - One minute or less
Topics - talk about what personally gives you hope or what you'd encourage for younger trans people.
Ultimately - if something is important to you to say, just do it.

Non-Trans/Cisgender Participant

Name/Pronouns
Video only
Goal Time - Less than a minute
Topics - What you'll do for transgender people is preferred - declaring you love and support trans people is okay.
Ultimately - If you feel something important to contribute, just do it

I will also donate 10 dollars to the first 100 trans/enby/gender diverse folks who send videos. Just link venmo/paypal in email! I'm also fundraising and the proceeds of which will be split evenly amongst trans individuals who submit or verified community members who make a request!

Please Submit Videos to [email protected]! Or anyway you can!

Event History

Hello, my name is Faye Seidler and I'm a Suicide Prevention Advocate. I created the Transgender Night of Hope as a sibling event to Transgender day of Remembrance, with the purpose of creating hope and resiliency after the heaviness of the remembrance event. This event originally took place on November 20th, 2023. If anyone outside of North Dakota or inside North Dakota would like to do an event like this - as such, I hold no ownership for the name, idea, or concept, but would love to see it repeated!

I think while Transgender Day of Remembrance has a place for many, it comes just two weeks after we lose an hour of sunlight, just before winter really sets in, and just a couple days before Thanksgiving. There are so many difficult changes happening that can be even harder given family dynamics. I wanted a warm send off that made sure hope was in focused. That no matter those lost and those honored, we do have hope. And I think it's important to end that night with that.

Previous Events

This Events History

Currently taking videos of hope for the 2025 Night of Hope Event - Deadline Nov 13th. If you're like to participate in another way, open to working with your idea! Guidance on video submissions is below!

There will be a fundraiser event on Nov 9th at 10:00 AM, more details and sign-up to contribute here.