About Us
Back in 2015 — the same year MyUmbrella LGBT+ was founded as a volunteer-led project of Reading Pride — we held our very first Trans Day of Remembrance vigil. It was a small, heartfelt gathering, created to honour the lives lost to trans, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming hate.
Since then, that moment of reflection has grown into something much bigger. In 2022, we began working closely with Newbury Pride, building a shared space for remembrance that brought our communities in Reading and West Berkshire together.
This year marks the next step in that journey. The vigil is moving beyond Reading Pride and taking on a new name — Trans Day of Remembrance – Berkshire. It’s a change that reflects how far we’ve come, and how much we want to keep reaching out — to other Prides, to new communities, and to everyone across Berkshire who shares our values of respect, visibility, and inclusion.
We’d like to say a special thank you to TransKind by Beaumont for stepping in to help finance this years event.
Together, they remind us what this day is really about — standing together in remembrance, love, and hope for a safer, more understanding world.
Past Events
Date of Event: 17/11/2024
Venues: Reading Biscuit Factory; 3Sixty, Reading Students Union; Reading Biscuit Factory
Speakers: Asifa Lahore; Cllr Glenn Dennis; Christina Dearlove; Lady Jezzika; Mo Obnoxiously; Wednesday Spears; Andrea Christine Brookes; Lynne Jones; Davina Louise Barraclough; Kerry Kleis; Helen Belcher OBE; Alhussain Alanmi; Ev Dubinsky; Angela Sydney Moore; Adam Khan
Date of Event: 20/11/2023
Venues: Reading Biscuit Factory; 3Sixty @ RUSU
Speakers: Christina Dearlove; Cllr Tony Page; Vi M; Jasper Locke; Jasmin Wade; Talia Button; Davina Louise Barraclough; Kerry Kleis; Kirsten Bayes; Ciara Roisin Clarke; Lady Jezzika; Emily Hamilton; Andrea Christine Brookes; Leo Sumner
Date of Event: 20/11/2022
Venues: Reading Biscuit Factory
Speakers: Christina Dearlove (host); Rachel Eden; Kirsten Bayes; Angela Sydney Moore; Jo Brydon; Rory Sizer; Kerry Kleis; Cat Burton; Emily Hamilton; Hannah Phillips; Kate Glanfield; Andrea Christine Brookes; Jason Potts
Date of Event: 20/11/2021
Venues: Roseate Hotel Reading
Speakers: Hannah Phillips (host); Bobbi Pickard; Coffy Lessig; Asifa Lahore; Cllr Rachel Eden; Cllr Jason Brock; Kirsten Bayes; Angela Sydney Moore; Natasha-Jane Thurlby & Nigel Briers; Lee Bowditch & Jenny Dewsnap; Christina Dearlove; Megan Rodriguez; PC Kelly Doward; Jason Potts & Samantha Howard; Amélie Beedham
Date of Event: 20/11/2020
Venues:
Speakers: Kirsten Bayes (host); Cllr Sarah Hacker; Cllr Sophia James; Christina Dearlove; Lorna McArdle; Jamie Wake; Hannah Phillips; Tommy Snipe; Samantha Howard; Enrique Castro & Jonathan Rodríguez; Jessica James; Cllr Rachel Eden; Cllr Jason Brock
Reading Pride's MyUmbrella LGBT+ project organises the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) event in Reading town centre. This year will be taking place at Pentahotel Reading, Oxford Road on Sunday 17th November 2019 starting at 3pm.
Date of Event: 20/11/2019
Venues: Pentahotel Reading
Speakers: Kirsten Bayes (host); Sarah Cooper; Hannah Phillips; Sophia James; Angela Sydney Moore; PC Kelly Doward; John Melrose
Reading Pride's MyUmbrella LGBT+ project organises the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) event in Reading town centre. This year will be taking place at Pentahotel Reading, Oxford Road on Sunday 20th November 2018 starting at 3pm.
Date of Event: 19/11/2018
Venues: Pentahotel Reading
Speakers: Kirsten Bayes (host); PC Kelly Doward; Alyssa Henley; Sarah Hacker; John Melrose; Sarah Cooper
Reading Pride's MyUmbrella LGBT+ project organises the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) event in Reading town centre. This year will be taking place at Pentahotel Reading, Oxford Road on Sunday 19th November 2017 starting at 2.30pm.
Date of Event: 20/11/2017
Venues: Pentahotel Reading
This years' event has been supported by Rebecca Fox. The event is to take place on Saturday, 19th November 2016 from 7:30pm at Trooper Potts Memorial near Forbury Gardens.
Date of Event: 19/11/2016
Venues: Forbury Gardens
Annual day of remembrance for those lost to ignorance hate and transphobia. Held on the Wilde Walk behind Reading Prison, this event is being run by MyUmbrella LGBT+ This is a free event for everyone to stand in solidarity with those members of the Trans community who we have lost over the past year through transphobic violence, hate crimes and suicide. This is the first TDoR event in Reading, the event will include readings, a poem and the reading of the names.
Date of Event: 21/11/2015
Venues: Oscar Wilde Walk