Transgender Day of Remembrance

As Transgender Visibility Week comes to a close it is now the Transgender Day of Remembrance wherein we honour our transgender sisters, brothers, and siblings who have lost their lives to transphobic bigotry.
Given the election results that feels especially poignant this year. According to the Human Rights campaign 33 trans people have lost their lives to transphobic violence in the past year. I worry for what that number will look like next year.

These are the names of the people who were lost:

• Savannah Ryan Williams – 12/7/23
• Amber Minor – 12/24/23
• Meghan Riley Lewis – 12/27/23
• Kitty Monroe – 1/1/24
• Sasha Williams – 1/26/24
• África Parrilla García – 2/1/24
• Reyna Hernandez – 2/26/24
• Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill – 2/28/24
• Diamond Brigman – 3/16/24
• Alex Taylor Franco – 2/17/24
• Meraxes Medina – 3/21/24
• Yella (Robert) Clark Jr. – 4/2/24
• Tee “Lagend Billions” Arnold – 4/3/24
• River Nevaeh Goddard – 4/5/24
• Starr Brown – 4/19/24
• Andrea Doria Dos Passos – 4/25/24
• Kita Bee – 5/3/24
• Jazlynn Johnson – 5/6/24
• Brandon “Tayy Dior” Thomas – 5/7/24
• Michelle Henry – 5/15/24
• Liara Tsai – 6/22/24
• Pauley Likens – 6/25/24
• Kenji Spurgeon – 7/1/24
• Shannon Boswell – 7/2/24
• Monique Brooks – 7/19/24
• Dylan Gurley – 7/23/24
• Vanity Williams – 8/3/24
• Tai’Vion Lathan – 8/4/24
• Kassim Omar – 9/6/24
• Redd, also known as Barbie – 9/8/24
• Honee Daniels – 10/2/24
• Santonio “San” Coleman – 10/19/24
• Quanesha Shantel (“Cocoa”) – 11/15/24

May their memories be a blessing