Am 20.11.2021 an event took place at the University of Kassel on the occasion of the Trans Days of Remembrance. On this day all victims of trans-hostility worldwide are commemorated.
The autonomous queer* department of the University of Kassel had invited to an exhibition on Saturday, in which the biographies of selected trans people were presented, who have been victims of transphobia. The exhibition also contained further information on the subject of transphobia. So were in the year 2020 worldwide 350 killing trans and gender-nonconforming people. Trans people are particularly at risk, who are engaged in sex work, and migrant trans people.
In the exhibition, the Queer* department focused on the data of the Trans Murder Monitoring Project based, what since 2008 collects data on the worldwide murders of trans people. The department now has the Exhibition available online placed.
At the conclusion of the event, a short film entitled “Remembering those lost, fighting for our futures” (deutsch: “Remembering the Lost, fight for our future”) demonstrated, that too online can be viewed.
