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Transgender day of remembrance at my local university next Tuesday

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ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse · 14/11/2018 14:56

www.reading.ac.uk/internal/diversity/diversity-events-news.aspx

More text from an email below:

"Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked each year on 20 November. It is a day on which we celebrate our trans staff and students, but also remember those affected by violence against the trans community in the UK and beyond, particularly over the last year. We will mark the day by a short ceremony at 1pm as follows.

Flag-raising ceremony and speeches

Monday 20 November, 1.00pm - 1.40pm, flagpole between Whiteknights House and the Library.

This event is hosted by Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort, by Nozomi Tolworthy the RUSU Diversity Officer, and by Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Simon Chandler-Wilde. It will feature short speeches from the Acting VC on behalf of the University, and from the trans community, including guest speaker Amber Edwards, Chair of the Oracle Pride Employee Network, Oracle. Representatives of RUSU and our LGBT+ Staff Network will read out the names of some of those worldwide who have suffered death from transphobic violence in the last year.

All staff and students are welcome to join us to mark this occasion and pay our respects."

Even my terribly woke DH forwarded this onto me with a raised eyebrow and a "Really?"

Hmm

Any others going on at your local universities?

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Hoppinggreen · 16/11/2018 12:58

If the s stats are true and it’s 1 person killed for being trans then that’s 1 too many
However, more people than that have been killed for being Goths. Hopefully a university will hold a Goth Remembrance Day soon too

IStandWithPosie · 16/11/2018 10:11

Representatives of RUSU and our LGBT+ Staff Network will read out the names of some of those worldwide who have suffered death from transphobic violence in the last year.

Interesting. Do the representatives of the LGBT+ staff network also hold an annual remembrance service for all the L, G and B victims of homphobic violence and murder? Are their names read out? How are they acknowledged?

PerverseConverse · 16/11/2018 10:02

I know. Some just like to shout the word bigot though and there are a handful of names who are always there to say how awful we are.

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ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse · 16/11/2018 09:44

But..... there's nothing here to shock. We're querying the numbers needed to merit an institution-wide moment of remembrance, which is apparently 1 (according to Pink News). This is fine, but does beg the question of why so many other people who have been discriminated against do not appear to have said moment of remembrance.

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PerverseConverse · 16/11/2018 09:09

This thread:
To think mumsnet is full of hate crime? http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3424801-To-think-mumsnet-is-full-of-hate-crime

PerverseConverse · 16/11/2018 09:08

I'm trying to link the thread but can't swap between threads for some reason. It's this comment from Weetabixandshreddies on the Mumsnet is full of trans hate thread.

@Verbeena

That thread shocked me too and tbh just proved that all of the arguments that those people are not trans phobic or aren't against all trans people simply aren't true. They showed their true colours on that thread.

AspieAndProud · 16/11/2018 09:08

I'd be writing back saying it would be a fitting part of the ceremony if the names of all TG killed because they were TG in the past year was read out.

They could literally hold a moment of silence.

Is there a reason why this couldn’t have been done on International Day of Trans Remembrance last month?

PerverseConverse · 16/11/2018 09:01

Me neither. I've read the whole thread and all I see is women concerned about women

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ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse · 16/11/2018 08:54

Not quite sure how this has peak terfed people Confused

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PerverseConverse · 16/11/2018 07:41

Apparently this thread has "peak terfed" people Angry unbelievable.

PerverseConverse · 15/11/2018 12:39

Ffs

namechangeninetynine · 15/11/2018 12:15

Transrespect I think? Reddit scrolling

Transgender day of remembrance at my local university next Tuesday
thereallochnessmonster · 15/11/2018 12:13

And Pink News has www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/31/transgender-day-of-visibility-2018-this-is-how-many-trans-people-have-been-killed-in-the-past-year/

1 transgender person was murdered in the UK last year.

That's very sad, but it's nowhere near the number of women who are killed each year.

1 person was killed in the UK BY a transgender person in 2017. See transcrimeuk.com/2017-convictions/

thereallochnessmonster · 15/11/2018 12:09

I've just seen somewhere claiming a figure of 369 people

369 people what?? Harmed/killed? where did you see that?

This wiki sites has a list (but its author may be biased) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unlawfully_killed_transgender_people#2017

ABitCrapper · 15/11/2018 12:05

Quite. I think it would be worth Searching for screenshots of their posts on Twitter. What's the betting that they are there somewhere?

littlbrowndog · 15/11/2018 12:04

Oh me to a bit
What a piece of work that lozza king is

namechangeninetynine · 15/11/2018 12:00

I've just seen somewhere claiming a figure of 369 people

If that's true, it's horrific

Is it true? Anyone know?

ABitCrapper · 15/11/2018 12:00

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newtlover · 15/11/2018 11:15

I'd be writing back saying it would be a fitting part of the ceremony if the names of all TG killed because they were TG in the past year was read out.

noeffingidea · 15/11/2018 10:43

Let them get on with it, as long as they don't expect everyone to participate, is what I say. Everyone should be free to opt out of these ocassions if they want to.

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 15/11/2018 09:20

I have no problem with a day of remembrance for transpeople as long as they also have days to remember the victims of domestic violence, racism, homophobia and hatred of the disabled?

Materialist · 14/11/2018 18:04

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ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse · 14/11/2018 17:13

I've asked DH to gently prod as to all the other days of remembrance, but he assures me that if he does he will be a) suspended and b) fired.

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