21/11/2025
Transgender Day of Remembrance has once again focussed the community's support and solidarity towardss its trans brethren, with vigils and demonstrations happening all over the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the US. From Houston, Outsmart Magazine, the city's respected LGBTQIA newspaper, said "
On November 20, communities across the globe will meet to read aloud the names of trans people who died by violence over the last year. For transgender Americans, this year’s memorials will take on particular poignance, as the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers have taken great strides to restrict how they can live publicly and privately, while also eliminating federal data collection about anti-trans hate crimes and ending funding for an LGBTQ suicide hotline.
Since last November, at least 27 trans and nonbinary people have been killed, according to the nonprofit Advocates for Trans Equality. The number is likely an undercount as precise data is difficult to collect, the organization notes. Some research has shown trans people are more than four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime."
If you are affected by any of the themes in this story, please do not suffer in silence, reach out for support. LGBT Switchboard (UK) is on 0800 0119 100 and the Samaritans on 116 123 - the same number in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
