TDOR Speech 2023, 2 Copies

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

Two typed A4 pages of a draft speech for Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023 by Vicky AW.

Two typed A4 pages of a draft speech for Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023 by Vicky AW.

Name/Title

TDOR Speech 2023, 2 Copies

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/007

Tags

London, National Day of Trans Collecting, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), Memorial

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Memorial

Dimensions

Height

297 mm

Width

210 mm

Depth

1 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

I wrote this speech for Trans Day of Remembrance in 2023. I lost my first trans friend the year before in 2022, to the Singaporean military, the icon of a state's apparatus of violence. And like many others, I was deeply in shock at the passings of Brianna Ghey and Eden Knight that year. However, my emphasis was on hope, helping each other, doing those who have departed proud, and love. I believed, and still do, that trans resilience and power can be practiced daily by just existing authentically.