TRANSFORMATION
IN REMEMBERANCE
Each year Hundreds of trans people die due to another's hate. Years ago many people rose to combat hate and discrimination. They marched, lobbied, litigated and challenged our society to be fair and just for all.
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Today, the current target of hate appears to be Trans individuals who only wish to live good lives and care for those they love. They want to love, live, work, build, dream, vote and enjoy the same liberties that our nation was founded upon.
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Fear is what plagues our current society and that fear causes good people to act out in vitriol and violence. Words used as weapons to tear us away from each other as we struggle still to understand the individual verse the collective.
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We must remember them, their lives and their names so that history never forgets the courage they had to stand in the face of adversity and atrocity and shout "this is me!".
Remember them
2022
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2022 – Briza Garces Florez - 40 Yrs old
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2022 – Doski Azad -23 yrs old
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2022 – Ariyanna Mitchell - 19 yrs ols
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2022 - Amarey Lej - 21 yrs old
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2022 - Duval Princess - 24 yrs old
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2022 - Cypress Ramos - 21 yrs old
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2022 - Naomie Skinner - 25 yrs old
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2022 - DeDe Ricks - 33 yrs old
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2022 - Maddie Hoffman - 47 yrs old
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2022 - Aaron Lynch - 26 yrs old
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2022 - Kandii Reed - 29 yrs old
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2022 - Hayden Davis - 28 yrs old
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2022 - Marisela Castro - 39 yrs old
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2022 - Cherry Bush - 48 yrs old
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2022 - Kiesha Chanel Geter - 26 yrs old
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2022 - Martasia Richmond - 30 yrs old
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2022 - Kitty Monroe
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2022 - Shawmaynè Giselle Marie - 27 yrs old
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2022 - Brazil Johnson - 28 yrs old
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2022 - Sasha Mason - 45 yrs old
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2022 - Chanelika Y'Ella Dior Hemingway - 30 yrs old
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2022 - Nedra Sequence Morris - 50 yrs old
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2022 - Ray Muscat - 24 yrs old
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2022 - Fern Feather - 29 yrs old
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2022 - Miia Love Parker - 25 yrs old
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2022 - Kenyatta ‘Kesha” Webster - 24 yrs old
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2022 - Kathryn “Katie” Newhouse - 19 yrs old
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2022 - Tatiana Labelle - 33 yrs old
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2022 - Paloma Vazquez - 29 yrs old
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2022 - Matthew Angelo Spampinato - 21 yrs old
2021
There were 375 Trans murders worldwide last year, click on the PDF for a complete list.
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2020
There were 350 Murders in 2020 of these courageous souls. As follows is a PDF list as there are too many to list.
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2019
There were 331 Murders in 2019 around the world. . As follows is a PDF list as there are too many to list.
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― Ellen Wittlinger, Parrotfish
“People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives. They changed religions and political parties. They moved across the country or the world — even changed nationalities. Why was gender the one sacred thing we weren’t supposed to change? Who made that rule?”
Ban Ki-Moon
“To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender -- let me say -- you are not alone. Your struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is a shared struggle. Today, I stand with you. And I call upon all countries and people, to stand with you too.
A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.
Christina Engela, Inanna Rising: Women Forged in Fire
“Rejecting your gay or transgender child won't make them straight. It will only mean you will lose them.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
“The truth is, that we are in a state of emergency. In the past few years, we have seen an onslaught of legislation... targeting gender non-conforming people...
Our communities are under attack. Regardless of whether these pieces of legislation pass, the fact that they're even being considered suggests just how disposable we are considered to be.”
― Alison Goodman, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
“I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life?”
― Laura Jane Grace, Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
“Deep deep down inside of me I know I am not a mistake. I do not feel sick. I do not feel like a pervert. I am not gay. I am not a fag. I am not a drag queen. I am not a transexual. I am not transgender. I am just her, a daughter, a sister, someone's girlfriend, just like all the other pretty girls on campus.”