Charlie Johnson and Gia Drew, vice president and president, respectively, of Maine TransNet, embrace as about 100 people gather at the new Equality Community Center in Portland for a Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Finn Teach of Portland listens as the names of transgender people killed globally over the past year are read during a Transgender Day of Remembrance.

About 100 people gather at the new Equality Community Center for a Transgender Day of Remembrance.

While standing in front of the Transgender Pride flag, Gia Drew, president of Maine TransNet, reads names of transgender people who were killed globally in the last year, during a Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Charlie Johnson, vice president of Maine TransNet and co-chair of Pride Portland, holds a candle while speaking to about 100 people at the Equality Community Center for a Transgender Day of Remembrance. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer