2010 transgender day of remembrance

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2010 Transgender Day of Remembrance

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About TDoR

Since the first event in 1998 remembering the death of Rita Hester,

the transgender community and their supporters have gathered each

November 20th, all across the country, to remember our trangender

brothers and sisters and supporters that have been brutally

murdered by senseless acts of violence.

For the first time transgender supporters gather in Maryville, TN to

bring attention to this tragedy and to honor those that are no longer

with us.

In the list of victims that follow you may notice an exceptional

amount of sex workers. It is a sad reality that many transgender

people turn to prostitution in order to survive as employment

discrimination against a transgender person is considered

acceptable. This makes them no less a person deserving of dignity

and a full life.

For many of these murders we will never truly know the motivation

of the killer, but judging by the abhorrent way that most of thevictims were killed it can be assumed they were thought less than

human. For most there will never be a suspect or a prosecution.

These names represent only a fraction of transgender people

murdered since November 20, 2009. Many we will never hear of as

their gender identity is normalized at the time of death either

through ignorance of those reporting or perceived shame by the

victims family.


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Name: BrendaAge: ?

Location: Rome Italy

Date: 11/20/2009

Cause: Immolated

Remark: Brenda was burned to death in her appartment.

Name: Wanchai Tongwijit

Age: 35

Location: Wichit Thailand

Date: 11/21/2009

Cause: Shot

Remark: Wanchai was shot in the head.

Name: Mariah Malina Qualls

Age: 23

Location: San Francisco CA USA

Date: 12/9/2009

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Mariah died from blunt force trauma to the head.


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Name: Estrella Jose Angel Venegas

Age: 32

Location: Mexicali Mexico

Date: 12/13/2009

Cause: Shot

Remark: Estrella was shot in the chest and in the forehead.

Name: Nadia Malik

Age: 28

Location: Rawalpindi Pakistan

Date: 1/1/2010

Cause: Stabbed/Run Over

Remark: Nadia was stabbed repeatedly and then run over by a car.

Name: Wong

Age: 64

Location: Bernama Malaysia

Date: 1/1/2010

Cause: StabbedRemark: Wong had stab wounds in the right side of the stomach and

left side of the chest plus bruises in the right hand.


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Name: Toninho

Age: ?

Location: Campo Largo Brazil

Date: 1/2/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Toninho was a sex worker. It is suspected that she was killed

by a client who tried to suffocate her with a plastic bag before beating

her to death and leaving her body in a waste dump.

Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: So Paulo Brazil

Date: 1/4/2010

Cause: ShotRemark:

Name: Jos Luis Conde

Age: 39

Location: Rosario ArgentinaDate: 1/9/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Jos Luis was a lawyer of the Federal Administration

(Administracin Federal de Ingresos Pblicos). She was found in her

apartment.


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Name: Myra Chanel Ical

Age: 51

Location: Houston TX USA

Date: 1/18/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Myra was found partially clothed and had suffered bruises

and defensive wounds.

Name: Fernanda Alex Correia de Brito

Age: 33

Location: Macei Brazil

Date: 1/23/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Fernanda was a sex worker.

Name: Ingrid Huayaba Gonzles

Age: 23

Location: Lima Peru

Date: 1/23/2010Cause: Thrown out of window

Remark: Ingrid was a sex worker. She was pushed out of a window

from the second floor.


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Name: Fernando Vsquez Roque

Age: 26

Location: Lima Peru

Date: 1/26/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Fernando was tortured and beaten and found dead in her

home.

Name: Lacraia

Age: ?

Location: Salvador Brazil

Date: 1/26/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:Lacraia was homeless and found dead in the street.

Name: Brigitte

Age: ?

Location: Caracas Venezuela

Date: 1/28/2010Cause: Shot

Remark: Brigitte was a student at Bolvar University and a transgender

activist of Alianza Lambda de Venezuela.


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Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Ariquemes Brazil

Date: 1/29/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark:

Name: unknownAge: ?

Location: Belm Brazil

Date: 1/29/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:

Name: Josu Arredondo Garca

Age: ?

Location: Zacapu Mexico

Date: 1/31/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Josu was a sex worker.


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Name: Marcela Esteve

Age: 47

Location: Tandil Argentina

Date: 2/2/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Marcela was stabbed in January and died in the hospital after

20 days.

Name: Derya

Age: 35

Location: Antalya Turkey

Date: 2/8/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Derya was found dead in her home; she had been stabbed todeath.

Name: Felipe Torrealba Castillo

Age: 20

Location: Barquisimeto VenezuelaDate: 2/16/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:


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Name: Maurcio da Silva Correia

Age: 23

Location: So Lus Brazil

Date: 2/16/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Maurcio was stabbed 27 times.

Name: Aycan Fevzi Yener

Age: ?

Location: ehremin Turkey

Date: 2/17/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Aycan was stabbed 17 times.

Name: Tonha Adelino Moura Rufino

Age: ?

Location: Vitria de Santo Anto Brazil

Date: 2/19/2010

Cause: ShotRemark:


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Name: Sandra

Age: 22

Location: Dourados Brazil

Date: 2/21/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Sandra was a sex worker and was shot down by an adolescent

on a bicycle while working on the street.

Name: Italo Bargosa Gonzaga

Age: 16

Location: Salvador Brazil

Date: 2/22/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Italo was a sex worker.

Name: Princesa Vincius Freitas Vieira

Age: 19

Location: Via Estrutural Brazil

Date: 2/25/2010Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Princesa was hacked to death with a machete.


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Name: Paola Uc Dzib

Age: 23

Location: Tizimn Mexico

Date: 2/27/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Paola was a waitress.

Name: Adelcio Silveira Lima Polaca

Age: 36

Location: Maring Brazil

Date: 3/1/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Adelcio was a sex worker.

Name: Edmilson Jos dos Santos

Age: 26

Location: Maring Brazil

Date: 3/1/2010

Cause: ShotRemark: Edmilson was a sex worker.

Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Jakarta IndonesiaDate: 3/1/2010

Cause: Undetermined

Remark: Her body was found mutilated and dismembered.


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Name: Kelly

Age: 25

Location: Serra Brazil

Date: 3/5/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Kelly was a sex worker.

Name: Tiago da Silva

Age: 25

Location: Santa Luzia Brazil

Date: 3/6/2010

Cause: Stoned

Remark: Tiago was a sex worker.

Name: Rubicel Torres Rodrguez

Age: ?

Location: Chilpancingo Mexico

Date: 3/7/2010

Cause: ShotRemark:

Name: Dbora Mancini

Age: ?

Location: Vila Progresso Brazil

Date: 3/13/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:


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Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Jakarta Indonesia

Date: 3/15/2010

Cause: Undetermined

Remark: Her body was Mutilated

Name: Crislaine Jos Marques

Age: 27

Location: Guarabira Brazil

Date: 3/18/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark:

Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Belo Horizonte Brazil

Date: 3/20/2010

Cause: BeatenRemark:

Name: Curi Huansi

Age: 29

Location: Parma Italy

Date: 3/25/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Curi was found naked and in a supine position.


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Name: Dbora Contreras Ponce

Age: 19

Location: Tegucigalpa Honduras

Date: 3/25/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Dbora was a sex worker. She was shot 15 times.

Name: Dino Curi Huansi

Age: 28

Location: Parma Italy

Date: 3/26/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Dino was stabbed and left at a roadside dump.

Name: Vernica Rodrigo Ferreira

Age: 23

Location: Viana Brazil

Date: 3/27/2010

Cause: ShotRemark: According to the police, the people that murdered Vernica

had to reload to shoot her so many times.


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Name: Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar

Age: 29

Location: Queens NY USA

Date: 3/27/2010

Cause: Strangled

Remark: Amanda was found dead in her apartment, she had been

strangled.

Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Mexico City Mexico

Date: 3/27/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: She was raped anally with an unknown object and thenbeaten to death. She was found in a hotel room wearing only a bra.

Name: Leona Leonardo Fernandes

Age: 19

Location: Viana BrazilDate: 3/28/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Leona was a sex worker.


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Name: Monchi de Jess Crisstomo de Len

Age: 22

Location: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Date: 3/30/2010

Cause: Strangled

Remark: Monchi was a sex worker and was strangled in a hotel room.

The suspect explained that he killed her after he realized that "she

wasnt a woman.

Name: China

Age: 30

Location: Cuenca Ecuador

Date: 4/1/2010

Cause: Not reportedRemark: China was a sex worker.

Name: Toni Alston

Age: 44

Location: Charlotte NC USADate: 4/3/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Toni was shot to death in front of her home.


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Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Chihuahua Mexico

Date: 4/3/2010

Cause: Dismembered

Remark: Her body displayed signs that she was decapitated while still

alive. Her head and torso were found one kilometer apart.

Name: Pitanga Malta da Silva

Age: 39

Location: Porto Alegre Brazil

Date: 4/10/2010

Cause: Unknown

Remark: Pitanga was a sex worker.

Name: unknown

Age: 39

Location: Joo Pessoa Brazil

Date: 4/10/2010Cause: Stabbed

Remark: She was found with her mouth gagged with her own panties.


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Name: Michelle

Age: 30

Location: So Jos dos Pinhais Brazil

Date: 4/11/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Michelle was attacked by three men and shot to death.

Name: Baiana ngelo da Costa

Age: ?

Location: Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Date: 4/13/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:

Name: Ashley Santiago Ocasio

Age: 31

Location: Corozal PR USA

Date: 4/19/2010

Cause: ShotRemark: Ashley was a beauty salon owner. She was stabbed to death

and found naked in her apartment.


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Name: Dandara

Age: 40

Location: Itabora Brazil

Date: 4/20/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Dandara was a sex worker.

Name: Adalberto Alberto de Morais

Age: 17

Location: Tocantins Brazil

Date: 4/21/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark:

Name: Cleidinaldo Silva do Nascimento

Age: 30

Location: Brumado Brazil

Date: 4/22/2010

Cause: ShotRemark:

Name: Ramona

Age: ?

Location: Nova Iguau Brazil

Date: 4/22/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark:


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Name: unknown

Age: 30

Location: Guatemala City Guatemala

Date: 4/25/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:

Name: AzraAge: ?

Location: Izmir Turkey

Date: 4/27/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Azra was shot in the back of the head.

Name: Renata

Age: ?


Date: 4/30/2010

Cause: BeatenRemark:


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Name: Mnica Thiago de Jesus Carvalho

Age: 21

Location: Stella Maris Brazil

Date: 5/1/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Mnica was a sex worker. She was shot to death and left in a

garbage container.

Name: Claudia

Age: ?

Location: Teresina Brazil

Date: 5/1/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Claudia was shot by a gang of drug dealers.

Name: Sheila

Age: ?

Location: Novo Iguau Brazil

Date: 5/5/2010

Cause: ShotRemark:


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Name: Chanel Dana A. Larkin

Age: 26

Location: Milwaukee WI USA

Date: 5/7/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: According to Milwaukee prosecutors, Chanel was shot in the

head after telling an interested client that she was not a woman.

Name: Ingrid Lizeth

Age: ?

Location: Bogota Colombia Columbia

Date: 5/8/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Ingrid was a sex worker and stabbed to death by a man who

had been intimate with her shortly before. Her body was found in thestreet.

Name: Tigresa

Age: ?

Location: Feira de Santana BrazilDate: 5/8/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:


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Name: Marcos Gutirrez Ramos

Age: 32

Location: La Selva Mexico

Date: 5/11/2010

Cause: Dismembered

Remark: Marcos was tortured before his death. Her body was then

dismembered.

Name: Luan Santos Xavier

Age: 17

Location: Porto Velho Brazil

Date: 5/11/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark:

Name: Michelle Luis Alejandro Silva

Age: 25

Location: Maracaibo Venezuela

Date: 5/13/2010Cause: Shot

Remark: Michelle was shot by a man driving by in a car.


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Name: unknown

Age: 30

Location: San Cristbal Dominican Republic

Date: 5/14/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: There were signs that the victim was raped before being

executed with three gunshots.

Name: Ice Channarong Sonnuam

Age: 21

Location: Chaweng Thailand

Date: 5/16/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Ice was a performer. She was raped and then beaten to deathwith a broken piece of concrete.

Name: Cesar Henrique Vendrame

Age: 32

Location: Resende BrazilDate: 5/17/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark: Cesar was a sex worker and died in hospital after having been

severely beaten. According to witnesses, a man had approached Cesar

her while she was on the street. After a conversation, the man beat

Cesar and left the scene.


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Name: Taira Jos D B dos Santos Jnior

Age: ?


Date: 5/23/2010

Cause: Beaten/Immolated

Remark: According to an experts report, Taira died as a result of a

severe blow to the head. Her body was then burned.

Name: Manuel Gmez Mendoza

Age: 19

Location: Miguel Hidalgo Mexico

Date: 5/24/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark:Manuel was a sex worker and was beaten to death while in acar with her clients.

Name: Angie Gonzlez Oquendo

Age: 38

Location: Caguas PR USADate: 5/24/2010

Cause: Strangled

Remark: Angie was Strangled with an electrical cord.


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Name: Josenildo Barbosa dos Santos

Age: 27

Location: Marechal Deodoro Brazil

Date: 5/27/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Josenildo was found naked in a shallow grave. She was an

artist.

Name: Batu

Age: 28

Location: Turkey

Date: 5/29/2010

Cause: Throat cut

Remark: Batu was hacked with a machete and her throat was cut. Shewas subjected to several forms of abuse before she was murdered.

Name: Yisel Luis Jess Mejas Silva

Age: 20

Location: La Encrucijada de Turmero VenezuelaDate: 6/2/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Yisel was a sex worker.


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Name: Jazmin Gudelia ngel Vega Guzmn

Age: 39

Location: Ensenada Mexico

Date: 6/5/2010

Cause: Strangled

Remark: Jazmin victim was a sex worker.

Name: Valdeci Ferreira de Sousa

Age: 46

Location: Teresina Brazil

Date: 6/5/2010

Cause: Stabbed

Remark: Valdeci died in hospital one day after being stabbed.

Name: Fernanda Lavalle

Age: 28

Location: Actopan Mexico

Date: 6/16/2010

Cause: ShotRemark: Fernanda was a sex worker and the president of the NGO

Transgender Hidalgo. After having been missing for three days, her dead

body was found gagged and tied and shot twice in the head.


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Name: Sandy Credale Woulard

Age: 28

Location: Chicago IL USA

Date: 6/21/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Sandy was found naked lying in the street and died later in

hospital from gunshots to the chest.

Name: Jos Gerardo Palma

Age: ?

Location: Comayagela Honduras

Date: 6/24/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Jos was a merchant. Three unidentified men entered hertent and shot her to death.

Name: Iraquitan dos Santos Soares

Age: 23

Location: Olinda BrazilDate: 6/29/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:


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Name: Marcela Presley Marcelo Pedro Justino

Age: 25

Location: Macei Brazil

Date: 6/30/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Marcela was a sex worker who was shot from a car when

approached by a client.

Name: Roy Antonio Jones III

Age: 1

Location: Southampton NY USA

Date: 8/1/2010

Cause: Beaten

Remark:20 year old Pedro Jones told police he had struck the infantseveral times with a closed fist. Jones said he was "trying to make him

act like a boy instead of a little girl.

Name: Imperia Gamaniel Parson

Age: ?Location: San Pedro Sula Honduras

Date: 8/30/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Imperia was shot by two men on a motorcycle.


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Name: Gypsy

Age: ?

Location: Houston TX USA

Date: 9/6/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark:

Name: Victoria Carmen WhiteAge: 28

Location: Newark NJ USA

Date: 9/12/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Victoria was found shot to death.

Name: Justo Luis Gonzlez Garca

Age: 34

Location: Juana Diaz PR USA

Date: 9/13/2010

Cause: ShotRemark: Justo was found dead from gunshots to the head. She was

found with another unidentified transgender woman who had been

shot in the head.


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Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Juana Diaz PR USA

Date: 9/13/2010

Cause: Shot

Remark: Unidentified transgender woman was found dead from

gunshots to the head. She was found with Justo Luis Gonzlez Garca

who had been shot in the head.

Name: Irem

Age: ?

Location: Bursa Turkey

Date: 9/20/2010

Cause: DrownedRemark: Irem was forcibly drowned in her apartment.

Name: Stacey Blahnik Lee

Age: 31

Location: Philadelphia PA USADate: 10/11/2010

Cause: Undetermined

Remark:


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Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Sheikhupura Pakistan

Date: 11/6/2010

Cause: Tortured/Immolated

Remark: One of two unidentified transgender people found

Name: unknown

Age: ?

Location: Sheikhupura Pakistan

Date: 11/7/2010

Cause: Tortured/Immolated

Remark: One of two unidentified transgender people found

Name: Emanuelly Colaco Taborda

Age: 39

Location: Parana Brazil

Date: 11/9/2010

Cause: StrangledRemark:


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AcknowledgmentsNo one group or person organized this evenings event. It was

collaborative effort from everyone in the LGBT community and our

straight allies.

However, please take a moment to thank the following people and

groups:

Riley Hill Kat Lloyd Rebecca Lucas Annetta Mendola Carla Lewis East Tennessee Equality Council PFLAG Maryville PFLAG Knoxville EastTN GSA Maryville College GSA Maryville High School GSA

Im sure I neglected to list many people that are just as deserving of

credit for the effort they have contributed.

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