Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 20th, the Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to remember Rita Hester, who was murder on November 28th, 1998, her murder still remains unsolved.

This is a day that brings strong emotions in the trans-community, some think it is important to remember those people who were murdered because of who they were while others feel that instead of memorializing our dead that we should celebrate the living. I think they are both right, we need to never forget that we face danger every time we go out the door but at the same time we need reflect on all the good things that are in our lives.

This year there will be memorials in…
TDOR Hartford
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
5:15pm: Gather at the Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave 5:30pm: Vigil Walk to the Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
6:00pm: Reading of the names at the library
7:00pm: Service at MCC Hartford, 155 Wyllys Street in Hartford

TDOR Meriden
Tuesday, November 20th, 7:00 PM Service
Unitarian Universalist Church of Meriden
328 Paddock Ave
Meriden, CT 

TDOR Westport
Tuesday, November 20th, 7:00 PM Service
The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Road
Westport, CT

All are welcome; you do not have to be trans to attend a memorial.

This year’s roll call of those who were murdered by senseless violence are…

Sonia Masi
Location: Gujarat, India
Cause of Death: shot
Date of Death: November 24, 2011
Source
(*aka Imran Ajmeri)

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Gardenia
Location: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stoned to death
Date of Death: November 25, 2011
Source
(*aka Claudio Lucio Miranda de Almeida)

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Brenting Dolliole
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Cause of Death: severe head trauma
Date of Death: November 26, 2011
Brenting was 22 years old.
Source

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Suely Scalla
Location: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: beaten to death
Date of Death: December 3, 2011
Source

(*aka Ademir Melo Oliveira)

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Pascual Ake Beh
Location: Almoloya, Mexico
Cause of Death: Gunshot to the head
Date of Death: December 4, 2011
Source

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Charlie (Erica) Hernandez
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Cause of Death: Stabbed to death
Date of Death: December 17, 2011
Erica was 26 years old.
Source
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Bruninha
Location: R. Bandeirantes Apucarana, PR, Brazil
Cause of Death: Multiple machete blows to chest and neck
Date of Death: December 24, 2011
Bruninha was 19 years old.
Source
(*aka Reis Lima dos Santos)

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Mona
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots to the foot and back
Date of Death: December 27, 2011
Source
(*aka Reis Lima dos Santos)

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Githe Goines
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Cause of Death: strangulation
Date of Death: December 30, 2011
Githe was 23 years old.
Source
(*aka Orlando O. Goins)

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Popinha
Location: Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots to the back (2)
Date of Death: January 1, 2012
Source
(*aka Charlemagne Rosa)
Popinha was 25 years old.

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Unidentified person
Location: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Cause of Death: Strangulation
Date of Death: January 17, 2012
Source

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Crain Conaway
Location: Oceanside, California
Cause of Death: trauma to body
Date of Death: January 17, 2012
Source

Crain was 28 years old

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Guilherme Augusto de Souza
Location: Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots (13)
Date of Death: January 23, 2012
Source
Guilherme was 16 years old.

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Paola Cristiano
Location: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Cause of Death: 7 gunshots to the head, neck, and back.
Date of Death: January 30, 2012
Source
Paola was 28 years old.

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Deoni Jones
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: February 02, 2012
Deoni was 23 years old.
Source

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Carla
Location: Campo Mourão, Paraná, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: March 2, 2012
Source

(*aka Natalício José Carlos da Silva)

Carla was 51 years old.

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Junior Ricardo de Jesus
Location: Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cause of Death: Skeleton found with bullet fragments near body
Date of Death: March 2012
Source

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Agnes Torres Sulca
Location: Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico
Cause of Death: Neck wounds, burned, thrown in a ditch.
Date of Death: March 10, 2012
Source

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Chiquinha
Location: Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stoned and beaten to death.
Date of Death: March 13, 2012
Source
(*aka Neco Francissco de Oliveira)
Chiquinha was 35 years old.

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Soraya
Location:  Olivenza, Alagoas, Brazil
Cause of Death:  Gagged, had pieces of wood inserted into the anus. Penis burned with alcohol.
Date of Death: March 13, 2012
Source
(*aka Valmir da Silva)
Soraya was 39 years old.

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Rene “Rosita” Hidalgo
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Cause of Death: gagged, multiple stab wounds, neck slit.
Date of Death: March 15, 2012
Source

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David William de Oliveira Cândido
Location: Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Cause of Death: Severe head and neck trauma
Date of Death: March 22, 2012
Source
David was 16 years old.

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Coko Williams
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Cause of Death: shot
Date of Death: April 4, 2012
Coko was 35 years old.
Source

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Tyrell Jackson
Location: Riviera Beach, Florida
Cause of Death: shot
Date of Death: April 4, 2012
Tyrell was 23 years old
Source

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Menakshiammal
Location: Krishnagiri, India
Cause of Death: Burned and throat slit.
Date of Death: April 12, 2012
Source

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Paige Clay
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cause of Death: Gunshot to the face.
Date of Death: April 16, 2012
Paige was 23 years old.
Source

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Rebekah
Location: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot to the back and head.
Date of Death: April 22, 2012
Source
(*aka Cosmo da Silva)

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Leandro Eduardo Campos Ferreira
Location: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Cause of Death: Multiple gunshot wounds (11)
Date of Death: April 26, 2012
Source

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Brandy Martell
Location: Oakland, California
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: April 29th, 2012
Brandy was 37 years old.
Source

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Unidentified person
Location: Hope, Paraiba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: May 10, 2012
Source

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Anil Aayiramthengu
Location: Thankassery, India
Cause of Death: throat slit, abdominal injuries.
Date of Death: May 10, 2012
Source



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Lorena Escalera
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Cause of Death: Fire
Date of Death: May 11, 2012
Source



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Chrissie Azzopardi
Location: Finsbury Park, London, UK
Cause of Death:  Unknown
Date of Death: June 4, 2012
Source

Chrissie was 22 years old

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Thapelo Makutle
Location: Kuruman, South Africa
Cause of Death: throat cut, partial decapitation, genitals stuffed in mouth.
Date of Death: June 09, 2012
Source

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William Geovanni Aguilar Pérez
Location: Villanueva, Guatemala
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 17, 2012
Source

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Alison
Location: Villanueva, Guatemala
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 17, 2012
Source

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Unidentified person
Location: Pinhais, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Cause of Death: Burned to death
Date of Death: June 26, 2012
Source

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Jeimy Tamara Perez
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: June 28, 2012
Source

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Unidentified person
Location: Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil
Cause of Death: Burned to death.
Date of Death: June 27, 2012
Source

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Camila de Mink
Location: Baurú, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stabbing
Date of Death: June 30, 2012
Source

(*aka Carlúcio de Oliveira)

Camila is 40 years old
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Tracey Johnson
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of Death: Multiple gunshot wounds.
Date of Death: July 5, 2012
Source

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Secil Anne
Location: Antalya, Turkey
Cause of Death: throat cut, face slashed.
Date of Death:  July 10, 2012
Source



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Barbarita
Location: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Cause of Death: Gunshots to the face and head
Date of Death: August 3, 2012
Source

(*aka Marlon Javier Jiménez Alemán)

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Tania
Location: Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
Cause of Death: Gunshot to the head
Date of Death: August 4, 2012
Source

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Vanderson Viegas Silva
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Dragged for two blocks by car.
Date of Death: August 5, 2012
Source

(* aka Amos Chagas Lima)

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Tiffany Gooden
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cause of Death: multiple stab wounds.
Date of Death: August 14, 2012
Donta was 19 years old.
Source
(*aka Donta Gooden)

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Sirena Paola
Location: La Guajira, Maicao, Columbia
Cause of Death: head trauma
Date of Death: August 11, 2012
Sirena was 44 years old.
Source

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Unidentified person
Location: São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: shot
Date of Death: August 15, 2012
Victim was 30 years old
Source

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Unidentified person
Location: São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: shot
Date of Death: August 15, 2012
Victim was 24 years old
Source

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Laryssa Silveira
Location: Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and face, dumped by the side of the road.
Date of Death: August 17, 2012
Source

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Tiago da Silva Oliveira
Location: Pernambucho, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: August 19, 2012
Source

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Robson Franco Pereira
Location: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Gunshots to arm and face
Date of Death: August 24, 2012
Source

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Dewayne “Deja” Jones
Location: Miami, Florida
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Date of Death: August 26, 2012
Source



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Unidentified person
Location: Clementina, Brazil
Cause of Death: repeated blows to the head with a spade.
Date of Death: August 29, 2012
Source

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Kendall Hampton
Location: Cincinnati,Ohio
Cause of Death: Shot
Date of Death: August 29, 2012
Kendall was 26 years old.
Source

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Kyra Cordova
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Gunshot wound to the head.
Date of Death: September 3, 2012
Source

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Victoria
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Murdered and mutilated, her genitals and an ear removed. Thrown in a dumpster.
Date of Death: September 16, 2012
Source
(*aka Mark Gustavo da Silva Costa)

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Unidentified person
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death:  neck injury, hands and feet tied, wrapped in a sheet, and burned.
Date of Death: September 21, 2012
Source

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January Marie Lapuz
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Cause of Death: Stabbing.
Date of Death: September 29, 2012
January was 26 years old.
Source

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Madonna
Location: Aracaju, Brazil
Cause of Death: Stoned to death
Date of Death: October 19, 2012
January was 26 years old.
Source

(* aka Amos Chagas Lima)

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Cassandra
Location: Rouen, France
Cause of Death:  asphyxiation, body partially burned after death.
Date of Death: November 4, 2012

Source

(*aka Walter Frantz Flores Zapata)

From International Transgender Day of Remembrance website