Trans Safety Network
Trans Safety Network is a research collective exploring and analysing institutional and organised harm against trans people in the UK. We formed in October 2020 and bring together the skills of data scientists, community activists, journalists, analysts and more.
What is a vigil? A letter from Trans Safety Network
Like many trans people recently, researchers at Trans Safety Network have joined with our communities to attend, speak at, and help organise vigils so that we can mark the death of Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old trans girl from Warrington. The question we hope to answer in this letter is a difficult one - what is a vigil?