themselves in a big ballet company, such as san francisco ballet and in the east bay we found michelle henryrriers as she chases her dreams. >> there is something about that sound that deep, all encompassing roar of this 1968 pontiac firebird that, for michelle henry, does something nothing else can do. >> it's one of those ones where sometimes i get nervous and i feel like i want to puke and i want to cry, but as soon as that car starts up, everything goes away and i feel at peace. >> henry is a drag racer, and for her there is nothing like those few seconds on the track. at speeds so high. you need a parachute to slow you down, she says as the first african american woman drag racer from the bay area, she knows that every time she hits the track, she's breaking barriers. >> when i was at famoso raceway last year at the hot rod reunion, i did my run, popped my parachutes and got out the car. there was a few people at the end and they were clapping for me, and when i took off my helmet, they was like, oh, that's a woman driving. and i was like, hi! and i was like, yes, me driving. >> and i t

. >> reporter michelle henry, one name at a time, remembering those lost within the transgender community. >> it's a fairly, you know, emotional event, so to speak, remembering all of our fallen, the faces of those fallen, lit by candle in san jose, honoring lives taken around the world since launching nearly a decade ago. >> the trans murder monitoring project has tracked the murder of more than 5000 transgender people. its latest report, released this week on transgender day of remembrance, showing this year so far, there's been 350 murders, surpassing last year's total of 321. you'll see names of people who have died because of violence enacted against them. >> so we are just here to show that they matter and their deaths were not in vain. our rain chance power and amid the mourning, a rally cry. >> joe trump grassroots organizing needs to being in its full swing as we're prepared to see a lot of repression from trump's presidency as well as other very conservative policies that are passed around the country. >> according to the human rights campaign, nearly 40% of transgender youth li

. >> michelle henry, one name at a time, remembering those lost within the transgender community. >> it's a fairly emotional event, so to speak, remembering all of our fallen, the faces of those fallen lit by candle in san jose, honoring lives taken around the world since launching nearly a decade ago. >> the trans murder monitoring project has tracked the murder of more than 5000 transgender people. its latest report, released this week on transgender day of remembrance, showing this year so far, there's been 350 murders, surpassing last year's total of 321. you'll see names of people who have died because of violence enacted against them. >> so we are just here to show that they matter and their deaths were not in vain. trans power, trans power. >> and amid the mourning, a rally cry show trump grassroots organizing needs to being in its full swing as we're prepared to see a lot of repression from trump's presidency as well as other very conservative policies that are passed around the country. according to the human rights campaign, nearly 40% of transgender youth live in states wi

. >> reporter michelle henry one name at a time, remembering those lost within the transgender community. >> it's a fairly, you know, emotional event, so to speak, remembering all of our fallen, the faces of those fallen, lit by candle in san jose, honoring lives taken around the world since launching nearly a decade ago. >> the trans murder monitoring project has tracked the murder of more than 5000 transgender people. its latest report, released this week on transgender day of remembrance, showing this year so far, there's been 350 murders, surpassing last year's total of 321. you'll see names of people who have died because of violence enacted against them. >> so we are just here to show that they matter and their deaths were not in vain. trans power, trans power. >> and amid the mourning, a rally cry joe trump grassroots organizing needs to be in its full swing as we're prepared to see a lot of repression from trump's presidency, as well as other very conservative policies that are passed around the country. according to the human rights campaign, nearly 40% of transgender youth live