"I've been spat at; I've had rocks thrown at me; I've been cornered in public areas," says Stephanie Cox, a transgender woman and board co-chair of TransSask Support Services.

It's becoming far too common for Cox who experiences transphobic violence on a weekly basis.

"I've been stalked and yelled at [from] vehicles, insulted; I've had death threats," she continues on detailing her experiences in a candid tone. "I've been chased down streets by intoxicated people, been followed into washrooms and cornered and insulted."

There was a time when Cox had never met another transgender person. Now, she's speaking up for murder victims and other victims of transphobic violence for Transgender Day of Remembrance, which falls on Nov. 20.

TransSask will hold an event Saturday evening at Unitarian Fellowship Centre in Regina. The event will start at 6 p.m. CST. The University of Saskatchewan will hold a candle light vigil on Nov. 21 at the U of S art building in Saskatoon at 6 p.m. CST.

The U of S will hold a candlelight vigil for victims of transphobic violence on Monday evening. (CBC)

"There's quite a bit of threats and harassment that can go on," Cox said.

Cox said people in the sex and gender diverse community are afraid to come out, so they stay closeted. She said TransSask is trying to offer a supportive community to people who are struggling with stigma and isolation.

When Cox was struggling herself, she reached out to the organization for support and started meeting other transgender people.

"That really helped me in terms of my self-worth, in terms of my ability to connect with people and feel like I wasn't alone," Cox said.

Education on what it's like to be a transgender person is needed so people can understand, Cox said. Cox referenced authors such as Julia Serano who normalize what it means to be a trans person from the first-person perspective as part of that education.

Stephanie Cox and Regina Mayor Michael Fougere raise the transgender flag at Regina city hall on March 28, 2016. (CBC)

Cox said she has identified as a woman for as long as she can remember. She said she hid her true feelings for more than 40 years.

"I didn't talk to anybody about it but it was an overwhelming sense of who I was," Cox said.

She said she has always felt her body should have breasts, comparing the feeling to that of a phantom limb.

Cox only came out as transgender four years ago. Meeting other transgender people and exploring the idea that women come in all shapes and sizes is what helped her, she said.

"It's immensely gratifying," Cox said of living as a woman. "It's like being yourself for the first time."

She said coming out was absolutely necessary, adding she probably would not be alive today if she hadn't made the decision.

Cox added she's seen attitudes toward transgender people shift toward the positive, in recent years.

"I think as more transgender people come out, are more visible, that will help to eventually normalize the transgender experience."