Today, I am honoring those souls so violently taken from this world because of who they truly are. Depending on the agency reporting the statistics, between 345 and 369 transmen, transwomen, and gender nonconforming people have been murdered over the course of the last year. Well over three-hundred people—siblings, parents, children, friends, lovers, partners, chosen family members—were stolen from the lives of the people who loved them, cared for them, enjoyed their company, admired them.

I have edited out the causes of death from the list that follows because we don’t need that information to discuss the violence visited upon these people and their communities, both in terms of the actual attacks and of the social climate that kind of violence seeks to perpetuate. The impact of the transmisic violence that took over three-hundred lives in the last year is broader than each individual attack: it robs trans folks of their right to feel safe expressing their true identity—a right that everyone should have. It—in the minds of those who would commit transmisic violence—functions to legitimize more of the same, especially when so many of these crimes go unsolved and their perpetrators elude justice. And the recurrence of cissexist violence is demoralizing to trans and gender nonconforming people—people who deserve love and safety and affirmation.

So, today I am encouraging cismen and ciswomen to join me in holding in our hearts each of the people listed here and in sending our love and compassion to their friends and their families. I want you to work with me—and so many others—working toward making the world safe for trans and gender nonconforming people: shut down transphobic jokes, respect pronouns and names, affirm everyone’s right to express who they are, and work against those who are actively and hatefully trying to legislate trans communities and identities into nonexistence. I want to you join me in extending love, friendship, and affirmation to the trans folks in our lives.

 

Argentina

Carolina/Camila Angulo Paredes – Buenos Aires

Lourdes Reinoso – Tucuman

Ynina – Puerto Madryn

Adriana Estefanía Bonetto – San Jose del Rincon

Cinthia Moreira – Villa Alen

Sol Gómez – Santa Fe

Julia Ponce – Buenos Aires

Yanelis Rodríguez – Argentina

Bangladesh

Sonia Akter – Morrelganj

 

Brazil

de Souza Pereira – Manaus

Unknown Name – Uberlândia

Milena – Arapiraca

Andressa Xoda – Pauladas E Tiros – Salvador

Eduarda Figueiredo – Porto Seguro

Júlia Volp – Florianópolis

Jéssica Dimy – Rio de Janeiro

Sabrina – Uberaba

Luany Aquamarine – Rio de Janeiro

Luna Shine – Viana

Marquete F. C. de Lima – Altinho

Kebeca G. de Souza – Gurupi

Larissa Paiva – Sao Paulo

Rose – João Pessoa

Lorrany “Lhoane” Oliveira – Santaluz

O. Silva – Uberaba

Silvia Gomes Marques – Belem

Fany Diniz – Belem

Sobral – Feira de Santana

Unknown Name – Brasília

Peixoto – Piripiri

Figueiredo – Recife

Carol Alves – Tangará da Serra

Kelly – Belém

Unknown Name – Concórdia do Pará

Júlia de Arruda – Várzea Grande

Lohane – Governador Newton Bello

Rios Dayane Macklarenn – São Bernardo do Campo

Raquel Cosinele – Recife

Samira de Alcantara – Nossa Senhora do Socorro

Natália Ketlyn – Campos Altos

Hemilly Dbx – Garanhuns

Anninha Ferreira Rochee – Colatina

da S. Silvério – Vitíoria de São Antão

Lohan – Vitoria

Milonga F. L. Martins – Pacajus

Dominique – Uberlândia

Nayra Winston – Rio Largo

Unknown Name – Fortaleza

Bruna – Belém

Keila – Salvador

Unknown Name – Joao Pessoa

Silva – Manaus

Pérola – Sao Paulo

Bruna Ferrari – Concórdia do Pará

Laysla Oliveira – Ribeirão Preto

Amanda Rios – João Pessoa

Eduarda Brasil – Araras

Rayana Ribeiro – João Pessoa

Bia Rocha – Recife

Claudia Oliveira – Rio de Janeiro

Fernanda Caetano – Lapa

Kimberlys Ochoa – Lara

Fernanda “Pit” Dias – São Mateus

Alessandra da Silva Alves – Rio de Janeiro

Shayene – Rio de Janeiro

Palola – João Pessoa

Samielly Castro – São Paulo

Pâmela Tabete – Craiba

Thalita da Silva – Barra do Garças

Oliveira da Silva – Vila Velha

Unknown Name – Ilha do Governador

Bruna Gabriel – Ananindeua

Naza – Ananindeua

Paola Oliveira – Luziânia

Alanis Burgo – Pelotas

Giorginye Dias de Siqueira – Aparecida de Goiânia

Unknown Name – São Leopoldo

Daniela Santos – Ibicaraí

Cleide Aládio Zaramarine Neto – Itaberaí

Hilda de Melo Matias – Barbalha

Eduarda Amaro – Pelotas

Elvira Costa Ferreira – Maranguape

Andressa Muda – Macaé

Benjamin de Jesus Sousa – Teresina

Angra Alessandra Cupertino – Feira de Santana

Millany Spencer – Nossa Senhora do Socorro

Nati da Silva – Lajeado

Nycoly Souza Nardoni Bhals – Governador Valadares

Gabriely Fancciny – Porto Velho

Matheusx Passarelli – Rio de Janeiro

Raunna Silva – Niterói

Unknown Name – Campo Grande

Bianca Santos Albuquerque – Araras

Paulinha – Fortaleza

Alves – Vitória da Conquista

Myrella Mhell – Pirapora

Pandora – Santa Rita

Beatriz Ribeiro – Bacabal

D.R.C. – Jundiaí

Silva – Itaberaí

Patrícia Pereira – Maracanaú

Nayra Matos – Maracanaú

Britney Vaz – Colniza

Vitória – Salvador

Unknown Name – Manaus

Kamila Roberta – Florianópolis

Fernanda Reichert – São Leopoldo

Tiffanny Montel – Boa Vista

Agatha Gomes (Bebê) – Belford Roxo

Thalia Costa Barboza – São Borja

Nikolly Silva – Cabo Frio

Gaby Scheifer – Ponta Grossa

Índia da Silva Pellegrine – Salvador

Bruna da Conceição – Lagarto

Carla Croft – Pacajus

Mirela – Balneário Camboriú

Shirley dos Santos – Recife

Michele Silveira – Itaperuna

Fernanda da Biz – Campo Grande

Aisha Albuquerque – Curitiba

Daniela Cicarelli – Gurupi

Lay Neves de Santana – Camaçari

Unknown Name – Itaperuna

Paola Villefort – Nova Serrana

Daiane Souza – Porto Alegre

Gaby Arantes – Rio de Janeiro

Dudu dos Santos Duarte – Paraisópolis

Lalesca – Salvador

Paloma Ferreira – Fortaleza

Paolla “LelÍ” Blayton – Campos

Karlla da Silva Balbino – Caratinga

T‚nia Lopes – Florianópolis

Renata – Cabo de Santo Agostinho

Krispim Souza de Araujo – Mossóro

M. Teixeira – Mossóro

L. da Silva Bezerra – Mossóro

Evelin Ferrari – Caruaru

F. de Souza – Curitiba

Sheila dos Santos – Buriticupu

Paola dos Reis – Cuiaba

Rayka – Praia Grande

Unknown Name – Manaus

Deia Alves Maciel – Goiania

Maria Luíza – Sao Paulo

Rafaela Sena – Xique-xique

Unknown Name – Rio de Janeiro

Monique Manardi Lee – Sao Paulo

Abya Passos Mantovanny – Cuiaba

Kemily – Belem

Oliveira de Araújo – Martins

Nicolly – Lagarto

 

Bolivia

Veronica Carbajal Pinto – La Paz

Adri Adely Jurado – La Paz

 

Chile

Paloma – Santiago

 

Colombia

Marilyn Cipriany Guzmán – Medellín

Chelsy/Cristal Grisales Molina – La Virginia

Silvana Pineda – La Dorada

A. Marín Marín – Soacha

Tatiana/Tetris/Muelas – Bogota

Alexa Amero Sierra – Bogota

Lorena Molina López – Montenegro

Alejandra Torres Torres – Manizales

Abril Natasha Quiñónez – Cali

Lili Chirinos Carrillo – Valledupar

Unknown Name – Cordova

Carol Perez Guerrero – Ciudad Bolivar

Unknown Name – Cochabamba

Valeria Sandoval – Cali

 

Dominican Republic

Blanca – La Vega

 

Ecuador

Isabel Borja Suárez – Quevedo

 

El Salvador

Unknown Name – Departamente de la Paz

Unknown Name – Chalchuapa

Unknown Name – Cuscatlan

A. Portillo Jiménez – El Salvador

Geovanny Romero Ortiz – Santa Ana

Unknown Name – Soyopango

 

France

Flávia Luiza – Paris

Vanessa Campos – Paris

 

Fiji

Lucky Salavuki – Suva

 

Guatamala

G. Sarat – Xela

Sis – Salama

Yessika Ruedas Gómez – Jalapa

Débora Ramos Cordón – Chiquimula

 

Honduras

Tyty – San Pedro Sula

 

India

Mohit – New Delhi

Devudamma Surya Narayana – Anakapalle

Alphonze – Madurai

Chanchal – Aashiana

Manju – Khajrana

Chandraiah – Hyderabad

Deepa – Jalandhar

 

Italy

Ximena Garcia – Nemi

Rafaella Rotocalco – Rome

Unknown Name – San Giorgio

Mexico

Kendrika Itzel D Espino – Chihuahua

Unknown Name
Veracruz, Mexico
30-Nov-17
Unknown, one of four cases on this date

Unknown Name
Veracruz, Mexico
30-Nov-17
Unknown, one of four cases on this date

Unknown Name
Veracruz, Mexico
30-Nov-17
Unknown, one of four cases on this date

Unknown Name
Veracruz, Mexico
30-Nov-17
Unknown, one of four cases on this date

 

Sandra – Nuevo Leon

Unknown Name – Estado de Mexico

Geraldine Contreras – Colima

C.N. – Guerrero

Canoa – Fortaleza

Unknown Name – Veracruz

Carrera – Tamaulipas

Unknown Name – Veracruz

Jessica González – Veracruz

Paola Carranco – Ciudad De Mexico

Brigith – Quintara Roo

Antuan – Guanajuato

 

Unknown Name
Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
17-Feb-18
one of three cases on this date

Unknown Name
Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
17-Feb-18
one of three cases on this date

Unknown Name
Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
17-Feb-18
one of three cases on this date

 

Samantha – Guerrero

Unknown Name – Sinaloa

Sheila – Nayarit

Charly – Puebla

Yoselyn – Veracruz

Grechen Alina Lara García – Nuevo Leon

Unknown Name – Nuevo Leon

Brisa – Veracruz

Unknown Name – Puebla

Jalisco

Unknown Name – Guerrero

Unknown Name – Nuevo Leon

Yamileth Quintero – Sinaloa

Maritza Harrera – Guerrero

Antolli – Chiapas

Martínez Cepeda – Coahuila

Unknown Name – Michoacan

Unknown Name – Colima

Nataly Briyith Sánchez – Chiapas

Alexa GutiÈrrez – Aguascalientes,

Katy – Morelos

 

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

Unknown Name
Chiapas, Mexico
30-Jun-18
one of six cases on this date

 

Unknown Name – Estado de Mexico

Chanel – Estado de Mexico

M. Cocom Guzmán – Yucatan

Alexa Altamirano Martínez – Guanajuato

Alaska Contreras Ponce – Veracruz

Linda – Estado de Mexico

Unknown Name – Guanajuato

M.R.M. – Quintana Roo

C. M. – Oaxaca

Unknown Name – Guerrero

Jhoana Hernández – Veracruz

Ana Corina Burgos – Ciudad de Mexico

Azuani Díaz García – Chilapa

Dayana Letran – Acayucan

Paulina Domínguez Hernández – Cotzacoalco

 

New Zealand

Zena Campbell – Wellington

 

Pakistan

Spogmai – Peshawar

Chutki – Peshawar

Sheena – Swabi

Muni – Kotkay

Sania – Hafizabad

Nasir Naso – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Unknown Name – Sahiwal

 

Paraguay

Ada Mía Naomi Gomez Rivas – Piribebuy

Nicol Ortellado Ferreira – Puerto Oblidago

 

Peru

E. Ruidíaz Fernández – Lima

Yamilet – Iquitos

 

Philippines

Unknown Name – Pasay City

 

South Africa

Ousi Kagiso – Rustenburg

Gugu Modise – Ventersdorp

 

Spain

Eli – Valladolid

 

Trinidad and Tobago

Keon Alister Patterson – St. Clair

 

Turkey

  1. Y. – Zonguldak

Kader Ataman – Ayvalik Sarimsakli

Kristina – Beyoglu

Nefes – Ankara

Simge Avci – Samsun

Begüm – Bursa

Esra Ates – Beyoglu

 

United Kingdom

Naomi Hersi – London

 

United States of America

Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson – Oklahoma City

Brandi Seals – Houston

Zakaria “Z” Fry – Albuquerque

Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien – North Adams
Viccky Gutierrez – Los Angeles

Celine Walker – Jacksonville

Tonya Harvey – Buffalo

Phylicia Mitchell – Cleveland

Amia Tyrae Berryman – Baton Rouge

Sasha Wall – Chicago

Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon – Dallas

Nino Fortson – Atlanta

Gigi Pierce – Portland

Antash’a Devine Sherrington English – Jacksonville

Diamond Stephens – Meridian

Cathalina Christina James – Jacksonville

Keisha “Pokey” Wells – Cleveland

Sasha Garden – Orlando

Dejanay Stanton – Chicago

Vontashia Bell – Shreveport

Shantee Tucker – Philadelphia

Londonn Moore – Port Charlotte

Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier – Chicago

 

Venezuela

Vicky Julieth Alvarado – Moran

Malvina Paiva – Caracas

China Colón – Naguanagua

Rosada Durán Romero – Lara

Carol Pérez Guerrero – Bolivar

 

List source: Transgender Day of Remembrance

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