The event, which is co-organised by TNBI and LGBTQ+ organisations / charities and is free for all to attend – will run from 12-4pm, and will start with community speakers in Jubilee Square from 12pm, before a performance from Rainbow Chorus, and a light lunch in the neighbouring TLC.
The beer will be raising funds for London-based community group Transmissions – a trans community space based downstairs at East London’s Dalston Superstore.
Attendees are encouraged to bring flowers, candles and signs. After listening to guest speakers, the vigil will head inside the Ledward Centre to watch a memorial video, take refreshments and reflect / socialise
Chae’Meshia Simms, a black trans woman in her 30s, was found dead on November 23 in Richmond, Virginia.
Actress and trans activist, Laverne Cox, was the victim of a transphobic attack in Los Angeles while walking in Griffith Park with a friend.
Conservative MP, Crispin Blunt wrote a piece for Politics Home, discussing the need to address and tackle the growing inequalities trans people are facing in the UK.
As the choir is unable to join in physical union for TDoR and stand in solidarity with the trans community, they have come together online to produce a stirring video dedicated to those trans lives lost.
Brighton & Hove Greens speak out against anti-trans violence ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance
Stonewall to host an online event on Friday, November 20 from 6pm to mark Trans Day of Remembrance, a day dedicated to remembering those whose lives have been taken by transphobia in the past year.
Organisers of Trans Day of Remembrance events in the city have issue city wide invitation for all trans, non-binary, intersex and gender-variant folk, and allies to attend for Trans Day of Remembrance on Sunday 17th November 2019.
