Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organisations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. South Bank Colleges is proud to be supporting the transgender community and will continually help raise awareness and visibility for transgender people.
Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on 20th November that honours the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
In 2018, a survey from Stonewall found that 41% of transgender men and transgender women had experienced a hate crime or incident because of their identity.
How to be an ally to the Transgender community?
Getting it Right with pronouns
One simple way to support the transgender and wider LGBTQIA+ community is by making sure you refer to someone by their correct name and pronoun. This small effort can make a world of difference.
Useful links for transgender support in South London:
https://www.lambethandsouthwarkmind.org.uk/directory-group/lgbt/#:~:text=If%20you%20identify%20as%20trans,is%20run%20by%20trans%20volunteers.
