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Trans Lives - a UK memorial project

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A co-creational project on suicides, preventable & premature deaths of trans and non-binary people in the UK.
Remember and resist 𓍲🖤
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✨Trans Lives has launched today in partnership with @wearequeeraf_ and with thanks to development funding from @paulhamlynfoundation

In the UK we do not know how many trans people are dying by suicide or other preventable or premature deaths.

Our community knows there are far too many deaths, but not enough is being done to understand or prevent them.

We want to take action. Join us?

𓍲 🖤 by @translivescic

“It’s about remembering all the trans people who have died and understanding why those deaths have happened, but also creating some kind of community memorial for us to hold that as collective grief” - Lucy Brisbane in our new fragment 💌

@translivescic is a new project remembering and resisting preventable deaths of trans and non-binary people in the UK. Founder Lucy and board member Kate Litman (@campaignforalice) joined us to share more - full conversation available to listen and watch via the link in our bio ✨ by @translivescic

💌 new fragment 💌

We were honoured to speak with Lucy Brisbane and Kate Litman about @translivescic, their new memorial project focusing on the suicides, preventable, and premature deaths of transgender and non-binary people in the UK.

Here, Kate reflects on grieving her sister Alice, who died in 2022 after waiting 1,023 days for gender-affirming care. Thank you so much Kate and Lucy for sharing your powerful and beautiful thoughts with us on remembrance, resistance and siblinghood❣️

Listen to the conversation in full via the link in our bio 💌 by @translivescic

Our community knows that too many trans and non-binary people are dying by suicide or other preventable or premature deaths, such as drug related deaths.

Yet nobody is counting exactly how many people or dying, or working to understand why. Until now.

Go to www.translives.co.uk and click 'remember' to tell us about a person who died, and help inform our memorial and evidence base. (Link in bio.)

🖤 Because we want to remember and resist.

You can also learn more about getting involved in this co-creational project.

Thanks to everyone who has been in touch already, we are in the process of responding.

Suicide is preventable and support is available. Find help on our resources page. by @translivescic

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans lives matter, suicide is preventable

TL;DR: An investigation by @WeAreQueerAF_ and @GoodLawProject has verified 50 suicides of trans people in the UK over the past 10 years, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. Using open-source research, FOIs, interviews with bereaved parents, data from new project @translivescic which collects data on trans deaths, and a whistleblower who has spoken publicly for the first time, we have found that despite warning signs that trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population, official data remains inadequate – while rights and healthcare rollbacks continue.

Journalists, @ludovicparsons and @mccoolingtonsphotos

Suicide is preventable; help is available. Readers who are affected by the issues raised in this newsletter are encouraged to contact the Samaritans on 116 123, www.mind.org.uk on 0300 123 3393 and Switchboard on 0800 0119 100. Readers in the US are encouraged to contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on 988.

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🏳️‍🌈 QueerAF is a non-profit IMPRESS regulated publisher supporting queer creatives to build and grow their media careers.

✉️ @wearequeeraf_’s newsletter helps you to understand the LGBTQIA+ news every Saturday. Skip the doomscrolling and let us gather the queer news for you. Hit the links in our bio.

#QueerAF #explainer by @translivescic

⚠️ Content warning: trans suicide, self-harm and death

Trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population our new investigation shows. Read the full investigation on our website, link is in our bio. by @translivescic

✨Trans Lives has launched in partnership with @wearequeeraf_ , with thanks to development funding from @paulhamlynfoundation, and shout out to my former colleagues and family campaigners at @inquest_org who taught me everything I know.

In the UK we do not know how many trans people are dying by suicide or other preventable or premature deaths.

Our community knows there are far too many deaths, but not enough is being done to understand or prevent them.

We want to take action. Join us? Link in bio.

𓍲 🖤 by @translivescic