Key information
Date: Thursday 16th March 2023
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Caroline Russell AM moved, and Emma Best AM seconded the following Motion:
“This Assembly notes that the 31 March 2023 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and condemns the marginalisation, victimisation and inequality experienced by trans and gender diverse people living in London, and the rest of the UK.
The murder of sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey last month affected the London trans community deeply. Public vigils were held outside the Department of Education and in Soho Square in February, where people came from across London to express their grief and solidarity. For many Londoners, Brianna’s murder illustrated the hate facing trans people in the UK and the precarity of their lives.
This Assembly stands in full solidarity with the trans community, in London and beyond, in its struggle for safety and equality in all aspects of their lives.
This Assembly calls on the Mayor to make a statement on International Transgender Day of Visibility that:
• Acknowledges the struggles facing trans Londoners; and
• Commits to making trans and gender diverse Londoners’ lives more equal.”
Following debate and upon being put to a vote, the Motion was agreed unanimously.