It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance and messages of commemoration from around the world are flooding in.

From activists, charities, celebrities and campaign groups, Twitter has been aflame with tweets from people using the #TDoR or #TransDayOfRemembrance hash tags.

Co-chair of Transgender Europe Alecs Recher told Gay Star News how important the day is, in light of shocking new statistics on trans murders around the world.

‘Transgender Day of Remembrance is there to honor the people that have lost their lives to brutal transphobia,’ Recher told Gay Star News.

‘The police, the judicial system, the media and the wider public must never misgender, misname or misreport a trans person’s death. At least in death the victim’s dignity must not be violated again.

‘It is so important for us all to come together on Transgender Day of Remembrance to commemorate the victims and see it as a task to work together to prevent further murders and to improve trans peoples’ general living conditions.’

I Dream Of A World Where Trans People Are No Longer Killed For Who They Are #TransIsBeautiful #transwk https://t.co/Im2FvKhC3E — Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) 18 November 2016

Today Trans Day of Remembrance we honour the lives of the 295 trans & gender-diverse people reported murdered in the past 12 months #TDoR pic.twitter.com/FM8oN0dWuM — ILGA-Europe (@ILGAEurope) 20 November 2016

London is a city for everyone regardless of gender or background. City Hall and @TfL are proudly supporting #TDoR https://t.co/yguiLo02p6 — Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) 20 November 2016

This week, @TransPrideNorth have been tweeting the names of all those killed this year. #TDOR #TDOR16 https://t.co/T73EvWChlq — Pride in London (@LondonLGBTPride) 20 November 2016

“Shot, beheaded, and killed by family: 295 trans people murdered this year” – not to mention those driven to suicide https://t.co/Z2peqZm4vt — Paris Lees (@ParisLees) 20 November 2016

Today is #TDOR a day to remember all our trans brothers and sisters lost, but not forgotten. 💖🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/ncdmBOgw1u — Danny Beard (@thedannybeard) 20 November 2016