Trans Day of Remembrance 2025

Trans Day of Remembrance arrives, once again, at time of great challenge. Trans people continue to experience the increasingly relentless material effects of everyday violence  and global oppression. This, often state-sanctioned, violence feeds and is fed by an everyday transphobia that knows no borders. Women of colour feminisms, indigenous knowledges, and queer and trans of colour critique have taught us that mourning is not only an act of love, but a world building method that seeks to bring attention to the intersecting nodes of violence that fuel transphobia. The Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies remains committed to a vision of the world in which trans, nonbinary, intersex, and Two-Spirit people and communities are not only recognized but live in a world where they can thrive. Let’s take a moment to affirm and advocate for the basic and unconditional fact that gender affirming care is health care and health care is a right. And not just today, but every day, let’s remember that we have the power to build a transformative world together.

May we remember lives lost and cherish lives living. May we recognize the value of trans kin, and of keeping kin. May we feel in every fibre of our bodies the love of queer and trans community. And as we honour the lost lives of transgender, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people, let’s also remember the strength of trans community in the face of violence, erasure, and marginalization. Let’s embrace and celebrate the on-going liveliness and joys of trans ways of being and loving and knowing.

Watch: Any Other Way, Atlantic is a Sea of Bones, Pollinator, Rūrangi, Framing Agnes, and more!

Read: The Terrible We, Black on Both Sides, Don’t Call Us Dead, Gender Queer, Transgender History, Abolitionist Intimacies, grab a copy of TSQ, and more!

Listen: Cavetown, Sophie, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Honey Dijon, Bells Larsen, and more!

See: the artwork and performances of Wu Tsang, Amos Mac, Zanele Muholi, Juliana Huxtable, Kama La Mackerel, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Cassils, Syrus Marcus Ware, and more!

Join us for our annual lecture series featuring conversations and collaborations with emerging trans thinkers, artists, and cultural workers curated by Dr. Qui Alexander: Find the the event page here.