As it turned out, some of what Paulette had planned for today’s Women’s Outlook show didn’t come off, so we ended up with a whole hour discussing the Trans Day of Remembrance. It was a little disjointed, but the young folks we had in the studio asked some great questions, and I’ve had some positive feedback. You can listen to the show here.

The event at UWE was really good. Huge thanks to Sebastian for putting it on and getting a good audience. Sadly Nathan and I had to rush off and get a cab part way through because Bristol traffic is awful and we needed to be sure we’d be at City Hall by 6:00pm.

The memorial ceremony itself went very well. Huge thanks again to Annabelle and the City Council for providing the space. It was also great to have people attending from the Bristol Hate Crimes Service, and Avon & Somerset Police. We are very fortunate to have such good civic support.

Of course there are people who need support far more than we do. In particular it was heartbreaking to again have to read out the names of so many people from Latin America, so many of them very young. It is trans women of color who bear by far the greatest burden of violence. Most of them may be far away, but the whole point of today is that we should never, ever forget them.

The other 364 days of the year we can be looking for ways to help them stay safe.