Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013

  
Today we honor those who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence over the last year: 

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Fernanda Queiroz
Cause of death: beaten to death, (multiple blows to the head), body burned. 
Location:
  Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Date of death: 
November 21st, 2012

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Yeison Ramirez Acosta (age:22) 
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds to the face, chest, and abdomen
Location:  Avenida Lequerica Velez Magangue, Bolivar, Colombia
Date of death: 
December 2012

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 Dicky Othman
Cause of death:
hands and legs bound, and her mouth stuffed with a piece of cloth
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date of death:
December 4th, 2012

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Renato Espinosa Reyes
 (age:23) 
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds
 Location:  Toluca, Mexico
Date of death: 
December 5, 2012
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Gunce Hatun
Cause of death: stabbed in the chest
 Location:  Beylikdüzü, Istanbul,Turkey
Date of death: 
December 12, 2012
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Camila
Cause of death: beheaded and burned with partner in their home
 Location:  Novo Gama, Goiás, Brazil
Date of death: 
December 24, 2012
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Dalvalei José Alves Pereira (age:37)
Cause of death: beheaded and burned with trans partner in their home
 Location:  Novo Gama, Goiás, Brazil
Date of death: 
December 24, 2012
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Evon Young (age:22)
Cause of death: tied up, beaten with fists and other objects, choked with a chain, had a bag taped over his head, shot, set on fire, and discarded into a dumpster. 
Location:   Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Date of death: 
December 24, 2012
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Nicole Galisteu
Cause of death: Gunshot 
Location:  Santa Cândida, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Date of death: 
January 8, 2013
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 Daniel Mendoza Ricardo Macias (age:23) 
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds. 
Location:  Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico
Date of death: 
January 9, 2013
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“Tiffany” Wesley Holder (age:19)
 Cause of death: multiple stab wounds.
 Location:  Georgetown, Guyana
Date of death: 
January 11, 2013
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unknown woman
Cause of death: stoned, stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle.
Location:
 Jaboatão Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death:
January 24th, 2013
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Karen
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds, beheaded. 
Location: Zimatlán de Alvarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Date of death:
January 28th, 2013
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Naomi Estrada (age:19) 
Cause of death: two gunshots to the head and chest 
Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death:
Feburary 1st, 2013
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 Palmira Garcia (age:37)
 Cause of death: partially scalped, signs of torture, laceration to face.
 Location: Las Marvales, Venezuela
Date of death:
Feburary 5th, 2013
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Mônica Lewinski (age:38)
Cause of death:
 gunshot wound to the head
Location:
Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil
Date of death:
February 8th, 2013
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Joelma
Cause of death: gunshot 
Location: Altos, Piauí, Brazil 
Date of death: February 9th, 2013
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unidentified woman
Cause of death: seven stab wounds 
Location: Gravataí, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
Date of death: February 24th, 2013
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unidentified woman
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds 
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
Date of death: February 24th, 2013
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Stephanie (age:33) 
Cause of death: Beaten and strangled to death.
Location:
 Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death:
March 3rd, 2013
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Adán Amilcar Iglesias (age 20) 
Cause of death: four gunshot wounds to the head
 Location: El Carmen, Honduras
Date of death:
March 4, 2013
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Cemia “CeCe” Dove (age:23) 
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds, tied with a rope to a block of concrete and thrown in pond.
 Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of death:
March 27th, 2013
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 Kelly Young
Cause of death: Gunshot 
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Date of death:
April 3rd, 2013
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 Ashley Sinclair
Cause of death: beaten and shot in the head. 
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Date of death:
April 11th, 2013
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Angel Francisco Martinez Gonzalez
Cause of death: beaten and shot in the head. 
Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death:
April 11th, 2013
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 Rosa Fernando Domingues (age:36) 
Cause of death: stabbed to death. Knive wounds to left eye, neck, and shoulder. 
Location: São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 
Date of death: May 11th, 2013
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unidentified woman
Cause of death: bullet to head and leg 
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
Date of death: May 11th, 2013
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Jorge Luciano Soares De Oliveira (age: 38) 
Cause of death: blow to the head. 
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of death: May 12th, 2013
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 Fábio da Conceição Machado (age: 26) 
Cause of death: stoning. 
Location: Mumbuca, Mateiros, Tocantins, Brazil 
Date of death: May 15th, 2013
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Ronald Feitosa Souza (age:26)
 Cause of death: beaten to death, severe head injuries 
Location: Colniza, Mato Grosso, Brazil 
Date of death: May 23rd, 2013
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 Fatima Woods (age:53)
Cause of death:
stabbed twice in the torso
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date of death:
May 30th, 2013
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Unidentified child
 (age: 13)
 Cause of death: hanging 
Location: Macaíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 
Date of death: June 8th, 2013
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Otávio Nascimento Valadares (age: 20)
 Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the head
 Location: Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil 
Date of death: June 12th, 2013
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Unidentified woman
Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the head
 Location: Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Date of death:
June 25th, 2013
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Unknown woman
Cause of death: Found floating in a gully 
Location: Houston, Texas
Date of death:
July 07th, 2013
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Dora Oezer (age:24) 
Cause of death: stabbed to death 
Location: Kuşadası, Turkey
 Date of death: July 9th, 2013
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Jock Maurice McKinney (aka Valarie)
Cause of death:
a single gunshot wound to the lower body.
Location:
Shreveport, Louisiana
Date of death:
July 12th, 2013
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Diamond Williams
(age:31)
Cause of death: dismembered, and body parts thrown in a field.
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
Date of death: July 14th, 2013
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Natália Sotero (age:20) 
Cause of death: gunshots 
Location of death: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
 Date of death: July 17th, 2013
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 Rafael da Silva Tavares (age:21) 
Cause of death: six gunshots
 Location of death: Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Date of death: July 19th, 2013
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Dwayne Jones
(age 16)
 Cause of death: beaten, stabbed, shot & run over by a car.
 Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Date of death:
July 22nd, 2013
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Mylene (age:42) 
Cause of death: blugeoned to death with a hammer 
Location of death: Limoges, France 
Date of death: July 24th, 2013
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Gaye
Cause of death: strangulation
 Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death:
July 29th, 2013
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Valeria (age:30) 
Cause of death: Beaten to death with sticks 
Location of death: Conceição do Lago-Açu, Maranhão, Brazil
 Date of death: August 1st, 2013
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Unknown woman
Cause of death: Stoning, skull crushed. 
Location of death: Téofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 
Date of death: August 11th, 2013
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Islan Nettles (age:21) 
Cause of death: blunt force trauma 
Location: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Date of death:
August 17th, 2013
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Joales dos Santos (age:22)
 Cause of death: gunshot at close range to left breast.
 Location of death: Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil
 Date of death: August 18, 2013
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Domonique Newburn (age:31) 
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds. 
Location: Fontana, California, USA
Date of death:
August 20th, 2013
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Wagner Paula Rodrigues (age:42)
 Cause of death: Stoning 
Location of death: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
Date of death: August 24th, 2013
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 Unidentified woman
Cause of death: Severe head injuries, body thrown under a truck
 Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
Date of death: August 28, 2013
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Artegus Konyale Madden (age:37) 
Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the neck 
Location: Savannah, Texas
 Date of death: September 1st, 2013
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Terry Golston
Cause of death:
Gunshot
Location:
Shreveport,Louisiana
Date of death:
September 6, 2013
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Melony Smith
(age:28)
Cause of death:
stabbed twice in the torso
Location:
Baldwin Park, California
Date of death:
September 9th, 2013
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“Maiara” Castro Da Silva (age:23) 
Cause of death: unknown, body dumped, in advanced state of decomposition
 Location:  Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
Date of death:
September 9th, 2013
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Cause of death: gunshotLocation: Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil  
Date of death:
September 11th, 2013
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Hilary Molina Mendiola
Cause of death: thrown naked from a bridge
Location:
Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death:
 September 22nd, 2013
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Unidentified woman
Cause of death: 4 gunshot wounds
Location:
Santa Rita, Paraíba, Brazil 
Date of death: September 24th, 2013
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 Eyricka Morgan (age:26)Cause of death: stabbing 
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.
Date of death:
September 24th, 2013
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Brunete Nascimento Chagas (age:22)
 Cause of death:head trauma, beaten to death with sticks 
Location: Marituba, Pará, Brazil
Date of death:
October 06th, 2013
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 Natascha (age:27) 
Cause of death: Gun shot wound
 Location: Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Date of death:
October 10th, 2013
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 S. Athiswaran (age:31) 
Cause of death: Multiple stab wounds, hands and legs were tied with a string, face was also covered with plastic
Location:
Bagan Ajam, Penang, Malaysia
 Date of death: October 13, 2013
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Unknown woman
Cause of death: strangled, body dumped in a pasture
 Location: Sertanópolis, Paraná, Brazil
Date of death:
October 14th, 2013
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Unknown woman
Cause of death: stabbed in the neckLocation: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death:
October 18th, 2013
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Unknown woman
Cause of death: Gunshot wound 
Location: Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date of death:
October 23rd, 2013
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Amari White
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds
 Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA 
Date of death: November 9th, 2013
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And those who's deaths went unrecorded. 

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