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HERE TO CHALLENGE! A GUIDE TO WHATS HAPPENING IN LGBT BRIGHTON & HOVE
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Transgender Day Of Remembrance, today
By James Ledward
Nov 20, 2011 - 12:01:13 AM
Nov 20, 2011 - 12:01:13 AM
UPDATE: the Transgender Day of Remembrance event at Dorset Gardens this afternoon begins at 3pm, not 2pm as stated on the invitation below.
The event will be followed by a networking opportunity with light refreshments.
Everyone is invited to go along and remember the victims of violence across the world who have been killed because of their gender identity.
This year the focus will be on Transgendered people of colour who make up more than 80% of victims world wide.
The event will be hosted by The Clare Project, a self supporting group based in Brighton and Hove open to anyone wishing to explore issues around gender identity.
There will be a photo exhibition in Jubilee Library by Brighton photographer Jane Wrin called ‘Putting the T first’, which aims to raise awareness of the trans community; to show how many people’s pre-conceived ideas of transgender and transexuality is skewed by the hidden nature of many trans people and to reshape the way that people react to and think about the trans community.
The exhibition runs from November 15-24.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was established to memorialise those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
The event is held in November to honour Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28, 1998 kicked off the 'Remembering Our Dead' web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999.
Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. It serves to publicly mourns and honour the lives of victims who might otherwise be forgotten and through the vigil, love and respect is expressed for these people in the face of national indifference and hatred.
The Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgendered people that these victims are also their sons, daughters, parents, friends, colleagues and lovers and allows everyone a moment to memorialise those who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.
Stephanie Scott, Chair of the Clare Project, said:
"Every year hundreds of Transgender people around the globe are murdered, the vast majority are Trans People Of Colour.
This year the Transgender Day of Remembrance Brighton will celebrate the lives of Trans people and especially Trans People of Colour who have been killed.
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The event will be followed by a networking opportunity with light refreshments.
Everyone is invited to go along and remember the victims of violence across the world who have been killed because of their gender identity.
This year the focus will be on Transgendered people of colour who make up more than 80% of victims world wide.
The event will be hosted by The Clare Project, a self supporting group based in Brighton and Hove open to anyone wishing to explore issues around gender identity.
There will be a photo exhibition in Jubilee Library by Brighton photographer Jane Wrin called ‘Putting the T first’, which aims to raise awareness of the trans community; to show how many people’s pre-conceived ideas of transgender and transexuality is skewed by the hidden nature of many trans people and to reshape the way that people react to and think about the trans community.
The exhibition runs from November 15-24.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was established to memorialise those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
The event is held in November to honour Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28, 1998 kicked off the 'Remembering Our Dead' web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999.
Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. It serves to publicly mourns and honour the lives of victims who might otherwise be forgotten and through the vigil, love and respect is expressed for these people in the face of national indifference and hatred.
The Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgendered people that these victims are also their sons, daughters, parents, friends, colleagues and lovers and allows everyone a moment to memorialise those who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.
Stephanie Scott, Chair of the Clare Project, said:
"Every year hundreds of Transgender people around the globe are murdered, the vast majority are Trans People Of Colour.
This year the Transgender Day of Remembrance Brighton will celebrate the lives of Trans people and especially Trans People of Colour who have been killed.
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