Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, in which trans people remember our dead. Commenters please note that there is a massive trigger warning on this post, as it includes the names and causes of death for every trans person known to be murdered this year. In addition, please remember that TDOR is a day of mourning. If you would not say it at a funeral, do not say it on this thread. These are my siblings who are dead, be respectful.
This year, as every year, nearly all of the people mourned are poor trans women of color, among the most marginalized people in our current society.
Sonia Masi, shot, India.
Gardenia, stoned to death, Brazil.
Brenting Dolliole, severe head trauma, USA.
Suely Scala, beaten to death, Brazil.
Pascual Ake Beh, gunshot to the head, Mexico.
Erica Hernandez, stabbed to death, USA.
Bruninha, multiple machete blows to the head and neck, Brazil.
Mona, gunshots to the foot and back, Brazil.
Githe Goines, strangulation, USA.
Popinha, two gunshots to the back, Brazil.
Unidentified person, strangulation, Brazil.
Crain Conaway, trauma to body, USA.
Guilherme Augusto de Souza, 13 gunshots, Brazil.
Paola Cristiano, 7 gunshots to the head, neck, and back, Brazil.
Deoni Jones, gunshot, USA.
Carla, gunshot, Brazil.
Junior Ricardo de Jesus, skeleton found with bullet fragments near body, Brazil.
Chiquinha, stoned and beaten to death, Brazil.
Soraya, gagged, had pieced of wood inserted into her anus and had her penis burned with alcohol, Brazil.
Rene “Rosita” Hidalgo, gagged, multiple stab wounds, neck slit, USA.
David William de Oliveira Candido, severe head and neck trauma, Brazil.
Coko Williams, shot, USA.
Tyrell Jackson, shot, USA.
Menakshiammal, burned and throat slit, India.
Paige Clay, gunshot to the face, USA.
Rebekah, gunshot to the back and head, Brazil.
Leandro Eduardo Campos Ferreira, 11 gunshot wounds, Brazil.
Brandy Martell, gunshot, USA.
Unidentified person, gunshot, Brazil.
Anil Aayiramthengum, throat slit and abdominal injuries, India.
Lorena Escalera, fire, USA.
Chrissie Azzopardi, unknown, UK.
Thalepo Makutle, throat cut, partial decapitation, genitals stuffed in mouth, South Africa.
William Geovanni Aguilar Perez, gunshot, Guatemala.
Alison, gunshot, Guatemala.
Unidentified person, burned to death, Brazil.
Jeimy Tamara Perez, gunshot, Guatemala.
Unidentified person, burned to death, Brazil.
Camila de Mink, stabbing, Brazil.
Tracey Johnson, multiple gunshot wounds, USA.
Secil Anne, throat cut and face slashed, Turkey.
Barbarita, gunshots to the face and head, Honduras.
Tania, gunshot to the head, Columbia.
Vanderson Viegas Silva, dragged for two blocks by car, Brazil.
Tiffany Gooden, multiple stab wounds, USA.
Sirena Paola, head trauma, Colombia.
Unidentified person, shot, Brazil.
Unidentified person, shot, Brazil.
Laryssa Silveira, multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and face and dumped by the side of the road, Brazil.
Tiago de Silva Oliveira, gunshot, Brazil.
Robson Franco Pereira, gunshots to the arm and face, Brazil.
Dewayne “Deja” Jones, gunshot, USA.
Unidentified person, repeated blows to the head with a spade, Brazil.
Kendall Hampton, shot, USA.
Kyra Cordova, gunshot wound to the head, USA.
Victoria, murdered and mutilated, genitals and ear removed, thrown into a dumpster, Brazil.
Unidentified person, neck injury, hands and feet tied, wrapped in a sheet, and burned, Brazil.
January Marie Lapuz, stabbed, Canada.
Madonna, stoned to death, Brazil.
Cassandra, asphyxiation, body partially burned after death, France.
The trans people whose names are not known.
May your loved ones find peace and your murderers find justice.
In addition, we remember CeCe McDonald, who is in prison for killing a Neo-Nazi in self-defense, and Breanna Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks. May they also find justice.
There have been many critiques of the Transgender Day of Remembrance by trans feminists, particularly trans feminists of color. I particularly recommend nihil de nobis, sine nobis by Erica Inchaoterica and Trans Day of Remembrance by Monica Maldonado and encourage you to read them.
Photo– armin_vogel/Flickr. A single candle in the darkness.
RIP.
Part3 of 3 So to my fellow Ts: About these cowardly predatory bullies, that would not say or do shit if we had the build and aura of heavyweight boxer. Why are they approaching us in the street or whereever? They think they can predate upon us without consequence. Know that they are not coming to kiss us, they are coming to kill us. At the first slight to stop the predation, demonstrate you will defend yourselves. If it continues and escalates to physical violence – be unrestrained in yours, use catastrophic and/or lethal violence (aim to blind eyes with… Read more »
this third post went into and out of mod.eration in literally 5minutes. that was fast. whoever did that, thanks
James,
You’re not without allies. Though I’m not trans, if I saw you or anyone else at the mercy of King Mob, I would intervene.
And to anyone allied with King Mob who challenges me on this: “You laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at you because you’re all the same.”
Thanks Gaius.
be cautious about knowing how and when to intervene though.
Sometimes the right thing to do is encourage fellow onlookers to join with you in stopping an attack.
Sometimes the right thing to do is to not intervene at all, if the position is hopeless (especially if you have children).
No point in the ‘rescuer’ needlessly throwing away their life
If you’re a “normal” cisperson demonstrating through your actions that That Shit Is Not Right, then you’re not wasting anything, IMO. I don’t want to die for a good long time, but if I ever have to choose between dying for something and living for nothing, I know damned well what I’m picking.
Part2 of 3 That small young girl left a lasting impression on me. I pay more attention to walking in the middle of pavement to reduce the chance of being thrown into traffic. When using bridges I check who is behind me to make sure Im not jumped from behind and thrown off . I have bottled water in my bag, in case acid in thrown in my face. Trans women who dont pass, and wear heels are braver than I. Personally I feel the reduced mobility renders me a sitting duck, and I want give myself every chance to… Read more »
Yeah, being a T is dangerous. While there are clear differences, too much atomisation reduces potency. So I personally group trans vestites (like me), the genderqueer, trans men, and trans women under the T for Trans banner. With the trans representing major gender nonconformity in someway whether through dress, behaviour, physique, and/or neurology It was in the summer that I learnt the true value, the true reality of our being. I was wearing a spencertype jacket with puffed shoulders (for the natal men, think a matador jacket with puffed shoulders), black loose kneelength skirt and skin tight jeans. I passed… Read more »
As a cisperson, I tend to forget just how dangerous being transgender can be. The length of this list is appalling–and it says a lot of damning things about modern society that some people still feel so threatened by anyone “different” that they react with violence. Transgender people are still people, after all, and you just don’t do these things to people. Here’s to a day when there are no more hate crimes of any kind. I want the annual list to start having a length of zero. Zero new murders, zero recent acts of vandalism, zero perpetuated hate. Working… Read more »