Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.
Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues members of the community face.
You can take part in Transgender Awareness Week in various ways, from organising or attending a vigil or march, to fund-raising for pro-trans charities. However you choose to participate in Transgender Awareness Week, be sure to tag @uea_su on Instagram.
Transgender Day of Remembrance - Thursday 20th November 2025
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year. TDOR was founded by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honour her memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
2021 marked the most deadly year recorded with at least 375 transgender people killed by violent means. This number is likely under-reported, and doesn’t include non-fatal hate crime.
Here at the SU, we are proud advocates of trans rights and equal opportunities in all forms, making sure that people are at the centre of everything we do.
We will always use our voice to fight for equality at every opportunity, and we gladly welcome you to join us on that journey!
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GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance.
Norwich Pride is a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) community. They organise a Pride March and other events on the last Saturday in July, all of which are free, inclusive and accessible.
Gendered Intelligence is a trans-led and trans-involving charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people. They offer a range of direct services, projects and activities to trans, non-binary, and gender questioning people.
Evolve is a peer-support group in Norwich and Great Yarmouth for young people who are trans, non-binary, intersex and/or questioning their gender, and is open to young people below the age of 26. They offer activities such as film-making, poetry workshops, theatre trips, arts and crafts, picnics, talks from healthcare professionals and trans activists.
Queer Norfolk is a volunteer-led project handing the ownership of queer stories, artefacts, videos, and pictures back to our own community. They are building an archive that empowers people to access, discover, and contribute to the queer shared history in Norwich. They hold regular ‘cat and chat’ sessions where we record queer histories of objects in Norfolk’s museums, libraries, galleries and archives, plus topical workshops throughout the year.