![]() The group is made up of staff and student representatives and aims to: As part of this commitment, we have launched a new Working Group to support trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming students and staff on our campuses. We want everyone, regardless of who they are or how they identify, to feel they have a home at Essex. There will be more details in Essex Spirit and Essex Weekly before the next meeting, so please check this out. The inaugural meeting was on Wednesday 17 November from 6.30pm to 7.30pm via zoom. One is focused on offering practical help, the other is designed to help us continue to make the changes we need to make as a University to advance our commitment to inclusion.įor practical help and support, we’ve launched a new fortnightly ‘Diverse Support Group’. It is timely that this week I can share information about two new initiatives developed to support our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming staff and students. The Day of Remembrance is part of Transgender Awareness Week, when transgender people and their allies bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community. It is a privilege to connect with other vigils up and down the country and across the world to condemn anti-trans hate, prejudice and violence. We want everyone joining us tonight to know that you are valued and supported. This year, it’s great to be able to hold it in person again, and to see so many friends and colleagues gathering to talk, remember, reflect, share stories and ideas, and support each other.Īt Essex, we are proud to stand together as a community to remember and to mourn those who have lost their lives simply for being themselves.Īs an institution and a community, we celebrate diversity, we actively promote inclusivity and we take a zero tolerance approach to discrimination and harassment. This important tradition has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, taking place during the week of 20 November. We’re here to commemorate all transgender people who have lost their lives to violence since Rita Hester. 22 years ago on 20 November the first of these candlelit vigils was led by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith in San Francisco to honour the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender African American woman who was brutally killed in 1998. I am proud to represent senior colleagues and the University at the event. I am the Inclusion Champion for members of our Essex community who are trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming. Tonight I will stand in solidarity with our trans staff and students at the Transgender Remembrance Day Vigil. The event is open to Trans and Non-Binary Community Members and Allies.Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day when people and organisations around the world mobilise to counter the anti-trans violence we face every day. The Clare Project, Switchboard, and Trans Pride Brighton are hosting a vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday 21 st November at 2pm in Jubilee Square. If you would like support, you can either call our LGBTQ+ helpline on Mondays from 5 pm – 7 pm 01273 622 828, attend our drop-in at Jubilee Library on Wednesdays 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm or email us at. Our dedicated LGBTQ+ worker can provide specialist practical support including crisis support, safety planning, support and around housing and finances, as well as emotional support. Our LGBTQ+ service is here to support anyone who has experienced or is currently experiencing domestic abuse. In addition, a recent study from Stonewall found more than a quarter of British trans people (28%) who were in a relationship had faced domestic abuse by a partner in the last year. One in four of those murdered were killed in their own home.Ī study by Scottish Transgender Alliance found that 80% of trans people had experienced domestic abuse from a partner or ex-partner in their lifetimes. The report authors say this makes 2021 the 'deadliest year' of violence against gender-diverse people since records began. ![]() 96% of those murdered globally were trans women or transfeminine people. Of those lives taken over the last year, a disproportionate amount were people of colour (particularly black women), sex workers, and migrants. Between October 2020 and September 2021, 375 murders of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse people were registered worldwide, a figure that has risen since last year's total of 350. ![]()
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