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
- 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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