Transcript Transgender Day of Remembrance

TRANSGENDER DAY
OF REMEMBRANCE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Remembering Our Beloved
Who Were Murdered
2008 – 2009
Presented in honor of our dead by
Juxtaposed Center for Transformation, Inc.,
Atlanta Gender Explorations (A.G.E.),
Transgender Individuals Living Their Truth (T.I.L.L.T.T.),
Feminist Outlawz and
YOUTHPRIDE
Photos and necrologies are from
http://www.Transgenderdor.org/
Yasmin
Honduras
Cause of Death: Attacked
Date of Death: November 2008
Six Unknown Individuals
Brazil
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: November 2008
Noelia
Honduras
Cause of Death: Stabbed 14 times
Date of Death: December 17, 2008
Unidentified Transsexual
Gebze, Turkey
Cause of Death: Shot twice in the chest
Date of Death: December 19, 2008
Unidentified
Milan, Italy
Cause of Death: Head Injury
Date of Death: December 24, 2008
Hunters found the body of a 50
year old man dressed in woman’s
clothes. She was killed by a
violent blow to the head.
Taysia Elzy
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: December 26, 2008
Age: 34
Taysia was shot, along with her boyfriend,
by Christopher Conwell. It is believed
that both were killed because of
Taysia’s trans status. They were found
dead in their apartment.
Michael Hunt
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: December 26, 2008
Age: 22
While Michael was not transgender, it
is believed he was murdered because
he and Taysia Elzy were lovers.
Five Unknown Individuals
Brazil
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: December 2008
Kátia Otacílio Vilela
Jatai, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: January 1, 2009
Age: 48
Katia was stabbed 14
times in her own bar.
Alexa Rojas Castro
Monterrey, Mexico
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: January 7, 2009
Age: 35
Alexa was stabbed 12 times
and found half naked in the
street, his face destroyed.
Cynthia Nicole
Comayaguela, Honduras
Cause of Death: Gunshots
Date of Death: January 9, 2009
Age: 35
News sources believe that the killing may have been
a result of her human rights work, particularly
in defense of the transgender community.
She was shot 3 times in the chest and once
in the head by three unknown men in a blue car.
Marcela Cairo Souza
Jatai, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: January 9, 2009
Age: 22
Marcela was shot in
the head in the street.
Aline Da Silva Ribeira
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: January 16, 2009
Age: 23
Aline was attacked
and killed in her home.
Caprice Darnell Curry
San Francisco, California
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: January 17, 2009
Age: 31
Rovilson Teixeira
Londrina, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stabbed 7 times
Date of Death: January 18, 2009
Age: 18
Minja Kochis
Belgrade, Serbia
Cause of Death: Stabbed twice in the chest
Date of Death: January 19, 2009
Age: 39
Minja was found dead in
her apartment by a friend.
Dayana Nicole Castillo Garcia
Tarapoto, Peru
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: January 22, 2009
Age: 31
Dayana was found dead in
her own beauty salon, having
been stabbed 20 times.
Unknown
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Cause of Death: Severe head injury
Date of Death: January 22, 2009
Age: About 28
Cita Solorzano
Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Mexico
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: January 25, 2009
Age: 40
Cita was a muxé, the “third
gender” in the Zapotec culture.
Camila Hernández Nieto
Sincelejo, Columbia
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: January 28, 2009
Age: 18
Camila was found
dead in the street.
Noor Azlan Khamis
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: February 1, 2009
Age: 29
Noor was found dead on her
living room sofa by a friend.
Will Teixeira da Silva
Recife, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: February 1, 2009
Age: 25
Will was shot to
death in the street.
Ailton Correia Maia
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: February 1, 2009
Age: 31
Cristy
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cause of Death: Stabbed 30 times
Date of Death: February 10, 2009
Age: 25
Puttalakshmi’s
Bangalore, India
Cause of Death: Thrown from vehicle
Date of Death: February 18, 2009
Age: 30
Puttalakshmi’s was a Hijira.
She was raped and thrown
out of a moving vehicle.
Camila Pereira
Uberlandia, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: February 19, 2009
Age: 20
Camila died in the hospital
2 days after being stabbed.
Cris Francisco das Neves
Cabo do Santo Agostinho, Brazil
Cause of Death: Head wound
Date of Death: February 20, 2009
Age: 31
Vicky Londoño Chavarría
Ibague, Columbia
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: February 21, 2009
Vicky was found dead
in a client’s apartment.
Pequeña P
Gualeguaychu, Argentina
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: February 27, 2009
Age: 27
Pequena was found
strangled in her apartment.
Miriam Nunes Lucas
Ribeirao das Neves, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: March 1, 2009
Age: 41
Miriam was found
dead in her apartment.
Moises Guimarães de Lima
Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots
Date of Death: March 4, 2009
Age: 20
Wanderson Wanderley
Teixeira da Rocha
Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots
Date of Death: March 4, 2009
Age: 20
Kirsi Ubrí
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: March 8, 2009
Age: 24
Julio Avila Albarracin
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: December 17, 2008
Age: 32
Julio was stabbed in the back 4 times.
Ebru Soykan
Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: March 10, 2009
Age: 28
Ebru had asked for protection from the man
who had beaten her on several occasions and
threatened to kill her. Police detained the man for
two hours a few weeks prior to her death. Afterward,
he was taken into custody as the murder suspect.
Adriana Sánchez López
Juchitan, Mexico
Cause of Death: Not reported
Date of Death: March 12, 2009
Age: 31
Adriana, a muxé (the Zapotec
“third gender”), was found dead
with her face shattered.
Eda Yildirm
Bursa, Turkey
Cause of Death: Decapitation
Date of Death: March 22, 2009
Eda’s head and sexual organs were
chopped off and thrown in a dumpster.
Sasha Estefania
Caracas, Venezuela
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: March 24, 2009
Smail L.
Valencia, Spain
Cause of Death: Head trauma
Date of Death: March 24, 2009
Age: 36
Smail was beaten to death, carried
to a rural roadside, doused with
gasoline, and burned.
Gisela “Roni” Galante
Gualeguachu, Argentina
Cause of Death: Dismemberment
Date of Death: April 1, 2009
Age: 42
Unknown
Niteroi, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: April 11, 2009
Age: 40
Melek K
Ankara, Turkey
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: April 11, 2009
Melek, a 25 year old transgender activist,
was found murdered in her home.
Imaje Devera
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: April 14, 2009
Age: 34
Drag performer Jimmy McCollough,
was found dead near a nightclub.
Carneiro de Sousa
Fortaleza, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: April 18, 2009
Jeva Padilla
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Cause of Death: Tortured and shot
Date of Death: April 21, 2009
Age: 23
Jeva was brutally tortured –
burned, mutilated on the face
and genitals, and shot 40 times.
Ramón Martínez
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Cause of Death: Torture
Date of Death: April 23, 2009
Age: 26
Ramon was brutally tortured –
burned, stabbed with a knife, and
wrapped in a plastic sack.
Juliana Martins
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: April 27, 2009
Age: 28
Juliana was shot in the
stomach at close range.
Caio Júnior dos Santos
Varzea Grande, Brazil
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: May 3, 2009
Age: 19
Fernanda Botelho
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: May 4, 2009
Jenifer
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: May 6, 2009
Diksy Jones
Wellington, New Zealand
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: May 6, 2009
Age: 64
Diksy was found in her
apartment with severe injuries
and could not be resuscitated.
Tigresa de Souza Reis
Feira de Santanta, Brazil
Cause of Death: Shot in the back of the head
Date of Death: May 7, 2009
Nine Unknown Individuals
Guatemala
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: January-May 2009
Xiomaran Duras
Caracas, Venezuela
Cause of Death: Shot 6 times
Date of Death: May 18, 2009
Age: 27
Çağla
Ankara, Turkey
Cause of Death: Stabbed in her house
Date of Death: May 22, 2009
Unknown
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Cause of Death: Shot 13 times
Date of Death: May 24, 2009
Foxy Ivy
Detroit, Michigan
Cause of Death: Shot in the back of the head
Date of Death: May 25, 2009
Dara
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: May 26, 2009
Dara
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: May 26, 2009
Eighteen Unknown Individuals
Venezuela
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: January-May 2009
Papucha
La Victoria, Peru
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 1, 2009
Age: 25
Kelly Watson
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: June 9, 2009
Age: 32
Tanya Ardón
San Salvador, El Salvador
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: June 11, 2009
Age: 17
Catherine
San Salvador, El Salvador
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: June 11, 2009
Age: 28
Carla Regina Bento
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: June 11, 2009
Age: 30
Rafaele
Curitiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 14, 2009
Anita Fajardo Ríos
El Carmen, Mexico
Cause of Death: Beaten & stabbed
Date of Death: June 16, 2009
Unknown
Belem, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 22, 2009
She was a 16 year old sex worker
who was shot to death by a client.
Luana
Maceio, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 24, 2009
Age: 22
Kamilla
Volgograd, Russia
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 2009
Age: 30
Kamilla was shot to death by
her boyfriend Vladmir after he
discovered she had been born male.
Hadise
Instanbul, Turkey
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: June 29, 2009
Unknown Transgender Activist
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Cause of Death: Gunshots
Date of Death: June 29, 2009
Reporting to work at the Gay Community
Center during a curfew imposed by
the military government, she was shot
once through the head and once in the
back. Other activists claim she was killed
by the military police.
Christopher Jermaine Scott
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Gunshots
Date of Death: July 1, 2009
Age: 36
Christopher was found dead in
a park clad in a blonde wig and
pink clothing. He had been shot
multiple times in the face and torso.
Terri Benally
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cause of Death: Beating
Date of Death: July 7, 2009
Age: 42
Cesar Torres
El Paso, Texas
Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma
Date of Death: July 9, 2009
Age: 39
Cesar had cuts around his eyes, broken
ribs, a broken nose, a ruptured liver, a
wrenched neck, and several stab wounds.
Unknown
Penang, Malaysia
Cause of Death: Head trauma
Date of Death: July 23, 2009
She was 27 years old and found lying in
a pool of blood by a security guard. She
was taken to a hospital where she died
12 hours later as a result of head injury.
Beyonce Lee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: July 26, 2009
Age: 21
Drag performer Eric Lee was found
stabbed to death in his apartment.
Kanan a/l Muthiah @ Suppiah
Setapak, Malaysia
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: August 25, 2009
Age: 42
Kanan was found dead
in a water retention pond.
Tyli’a Mack a.k.a. NaNa Boo
Washington, DC
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: August 26, 2009
Age: 21
Tyli’a was stabbed to death in
the chest in broad daylight.
Paulina Ibarra
East Hollywood, California
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: August 28, 2009
Age: 24
Paulina was found
dead in her apartment.
Unknown
Algiers, Algeria
Cause of Death: Beaten by a group of strangers
Date of Death: September 7, 2009
Kristina Muça
Tirana, Albania
Cause of Death: Throat slit
Date of Death: September 19, 2009
Age: 36
Andrea Waddell
Brighton, England
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: October 15, 2009
Age: 29
Andrea was strangled in her
flat, which was then set on fire.
Unidentified
Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Death: October 25, 2009
Police found a man in woman’s clothing
lying unconscious and bleeding in the
street. They took her to the hospital
where she died half an hour later.
Destiny Lauren
London, England
Cause of Death: Murder
Date of Death: November 5, 2009
Age: 29
Destiny was found by police at her flat
and died at the hospital 40 minutes later.
Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado
Cayey, Puerto Rico
Cause of Death: Decapitation
Date of Death: November 14, 2009
Age: 19
Jorge was found by an isolated
road, partially burned, decapitated,
and dismembered – arms, legs, and torso.
We Remember and Honor You.
We fight the injustice for you now.
Trans Pride Flag, courtesy
http://dcist.com/2007/10/16 mpd_to_be_more.php
Presentation Compiled by Ashley Jackson
Special thanks to
Kelly Price Kuykendall and Gwynedd A. Thomas
Love in sisterhood to Tracee McDaniel and Jamie Roberts
Who supported and inspired us.