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Transgender Day of Remembrance
Nov. 20th, 2009 11:39 pmToday, Friday, is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. It's the day each year when we think about those killed, usually simply because they were transgender.
This year there are over a hundred that we know of, two in South East England within the last few weeks alone. That's 1 transgender person murdered every 3 days, that we know of. Considering how few of us there are as a proportion of the global population, this amounts to wholesale slaughter of trans people.
And the numbers seem to keep increasing. It's doubled since last year.
Vigils are held around the World. Tomorrow we will be holding one in London. If you can't make it along to one, please do consider taking a few minutes to watch this video:
Thank you.
Originally posted at http://auntysarah.dreamwidth.org/215244.html - you can comment here or there.
This year there are over a hundred that we know of, two in South East England within the last few weeks alone. That's 1 transgender person murdered every 3 days, that we know of. Considering how few of us there are as a proportion of the global population, this amounts to wholesale slaughter of trans people.
And the numbers seem to keep increasing. It's doubled since last year.
Vigils are held around the World. Tomorrow we will be holding one in London. If you can't make it along to one, please do consider taking a few minutes to watch this video:
Thank you.
Originally posted at http://auntysarah.dreamwidth.org/215244.html - you can comment here or there.
