Yesterday, around 200-300 people from the trans community gathered for a vigil to remember the 331 trans people who were murdered around the world in the last year.
A list of the 331 names of each victim was read out to silence, as candles were laid and as sobs broke out amongst the crowd. Included in that list was Mhelody Polan Bruno, a 25-year old trans woman from the Phillipines, who was due to return home in the week that she was killed in Wagga Wagga in September earlier this year.
The Trans Day of Remembrance is held every November the 20th to honour the victims of violence against trans people. Since 2008, more than 3,000 trans people have been murdered. According to Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria, trans people experience violence at 12 times the rate of the general population.
Yesterday’s vigil was MC’d by Hayden Moon and Charlie Murphy from Trans Action Warrang. Speakers included April, Zaya Barroso and Bhenji Ra. The event was held in Newtown, Sydney, Warrang, Gadigal.
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