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and often are held during their working hours or do not connect with the needs of trans street sex
workers. We were able to use the space of a Turkish community project for the first part of the
event. A person from the community prepared food and hot drinks so people could enjoy a warm
meal together. As the event took place just before the regular working hours of a lot of trans street
workers, people could join in before starting work. People used the space to talk, to spend time
together, and to connect.
After the food, Emy Fem and a few other people spoke about TDoR and we all went outside,
equipped with red umbrellas and candles, in a silent walk. We gathered around a fountain on the
street where people used the opportunity to share their feelings and stories about the day and
commemorated all those were murdered in the past year. Later, candles were left at the fountain to
leave a sign for all those trans people that were affected by trans discriminatory violence this past
year, as well as for all the trans sex workers in solidarity with their everyday experience of structural
and individual violence.
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Emy Fem at the TDoR event in Berlin
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