2023
Every year on or around the 20th of November, trans people worldwide gather for the Transgender Day of Remembrance to remember those we have lost to violence in the past year.
These pages chronicle and honor the trans and enby folks of color that we’ve lost in the United States. Source:
https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/
Trigger warning: This site contains reports of violence against transgender people. Please continue (by scrolling down) with caution.
Lexus Walker
Age: 43
Date: 12/30/2023
Location: Norfolk, VA
Info: Lexus was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle driven by a drunk driver.
Amber Minor
Age: 40
Date: 12/24/2023
Location: Raytown, MO
Info: Amber's body was found in a driveway on the morning of Christmas Eve.
Savannah Ryan Williams
Age: 38
Date: 11/29/2023
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Info: Savannah was found shot dead near a light-rail train station in Minnesota. Her killer, 25-year-old Damarean Bible, was arrested at his apartment and charged with murder.
Shandon Floyd
Age: 20
Date: 11/14/2023
Location: Columbia, SC
Info: Shandon's body was found on Tuesday 14th November. She had been missing since Wednesday 8th November.
Amiri Jean Reid
Age: 21
Date: 11/14/2023
Location: Toledo, OH
Info: Amiri and her best friend Kejuan Richardson were shot dead by another car driver. Police officers found their crashed vehicle with the front window shot out. The suspected shooter, Jorenzo Phillips, age 19, subsequently died by suicide on November 23rd, after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Kejuan Richardson
Age: 21
Date: 11/14/2023
Location: Toledo, OH
Info: Kejuan and their best friend Amiri Jean Reid were shot dead by another car driver. Police officers found their crashed vehicle with the front window shot out.
Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels
Date: 11/8/2023
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Info: The circumstances of Lola's death are not known.
London Price
Age: 26
Date: 10/23/2023
Location: Miami-Dade, Florida
Info: London was shot in her home in front of her grandmother. Video surveillance footage shows her killer fleeing the scene with a gun in his hand. A 25-year-old man was arrested Monday in Broward County in connection with the fatal shooting of a transgender woman in Miami-Dade County.
Subsequently, Anthony Quinn Peyton, 25, was arrested. He is facing second-degree murder charges.
Lisa Love Turman
Age: 35
Date: 10/17/2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Info: Lisa was shot in the chest and back while walking home. Her family believes she was targeted because she was trans.
A'nee Roberson
Age: 30
Date: 10/14/2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Info: A'nee was accidentally run over while fleeing an attacker. After she died in the hospital, an autopsy concluded she died from blunt force trauma and ruled her death a homicide.
Dominic Dupree/Dominic Palace
Age: 25
Date: 10/13/2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Info: Dominic's body was found with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.
Chyna Long
Age: 30
Date: 10/8/2023
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Info: Chyna was shot. According to her aunt, her family had been harassed for years over her trans identity, and her killing may have been a hate crime. Subsequently Antonio Currin, 29, was arrested and charged with her murder after video footage captured his car speeding away from the scene.
Sherlyn Marjorie
Age: 35
Date: 9/26/2023
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Info: Sherlyn was killed by a man she was involved with. Reportedly he killed her because he did not want her to reveal their relationship to his family.
Bre'Asia Bankz
Date: 9/5/2023
Location: Arizona
Info: Bre'Asia was reportedly murdered by her boyfriend. Bre’Asia identified as nonbinary and used she/her pronouns. She loved to dance, spend time with her siblings and cousins, and filled her social media with fashion, hair, makeup and celebrity posts. She singled out the movies ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Love & Basketball’ as her favorites.
Luis Ángel Díaz Castro
Age: 22
Date: 8/12/2023
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Info: Luis' body was found in his appartment.
Fernielle Mary Mora
Age: 20-25
Date: 7/4/2023
Location: New York City, NY
Info: Fernielle was found dead in suspicious circumstances in her apartment in the Bronx.
Chanell Perez Ortiz ("Uvita")
Age: 29
Date: 6/25/2023
Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Info: Chanell's body was found with gunshot wounds on the PR-190 highway.
Ashia Davis
Age: 24
Date: 6/3/2023
Location: Highland Park, MI
Info: Ashia's body was found in a hotel. Witnesses reported that she had been shot, but that has not yet been confirmed by police.
Ome Gandhi
Age: 16
Date: 5/16/2023
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Info: Ome was murdered by her abusive father.