Unquestionably, the most solemn day for transgender people in the U.S. is the Transgender Day of Remembrance which is commemorated every November 20, throughout the United State and worldwide.
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services To Begin Counting Trans People
Today the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced a plan to develop and use survey questions to collect public health information on trans people. This is the culmination of a lot of work from a lot of people.