Transgender day of remembrance at my local university next Tuesday

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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?"

Any others going on at your local universities?

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.

perverse converse - nah, I'm betting it's not this one that "peak terfed" the poster. This one (there's been numerous) is pretty tame and only three pages long and only started 2 days ago.
They'll no doubt be referring to one of the other ones - one of which was disgusting with lots of deletions.

@VerbeenaBeeks there's more than one thread about trans remembrance day?

@VerbeenaBeeks there's more than one thread about trans remembrance day?

Definitely, have a search assuming the thread hasn't been taken down. I think it's still standing though.

I can only find this one.

There's this one @PerverseConverse

Trans Awareness Week www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3421735-Trans-Awareness-Week

Maybe that's the one Verbeena means.

Perhaps, thank you.

Yes, that thread was one of them. There was another one worse though and much longer.

I'll keep looking.

Was a few weeks ago now, was before the one linked above.
Think it was longer than that one.

The UN webpage for The International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women talks about gender based violence.

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Eh?

It's not gender based it's sex based.