2017
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/
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Age: 59
Date: 5/4/2017
Location: New York, NY
Info: Kenneth lived in a homeless shelter and was beaten on the head with a metal pipe. He spent more than a week in Bellevue Hospital before he died on 4th May.
Initial news reports about his murder misgendered Kenneth and referred to him by his deadname.
Age: 28
Date: 4/21/2017
Location: Miami, FL
Info: Chay was shot in the stomach while running across the street. Her attacker fled.
Age: 26
Date: 4/9/2017
Location: San Antonia, TX
Info: Kenne’s body was found floating in the San Antonio river, and the medical examiner has ruled her death was a homicide by drowning.
Age: 38
Date: 3/22/2017
Location: New Orleans, LA
Info: Police officers found Ciara lying facedown on the pavement and suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries.
In July 2018 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Leonard Ward, 55, on a charge of second-degree murder.
Age: 27
Date: 2/27/2017
Location: New Orleans, LA
Info: Police officers found Ciara lying facedown on the pavement and suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries.
In July 2018 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Leonard Ward, 55, on a charge of second-degree murder.
Age: 31
Date: 2/25/2017
Location: New Orleans, LA
Info: Chyna was shot and killed outside of a shopping center while visiting her family in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras.
Age: 24
Date: 2/21/2017
Location: Chicago, IL
Info: Keke was shot multiple times while sitting in a car.
“She loved to dance all the time,” said a good friend of Richmond who knew her for nearly a decade. “She was always the life of the party. Even when we got into fights, she didn’t want to fight.”
Age: 18
Date: 2/19/2017
Location: Monroe, LA
Info: Jaquarrius was shot during an argument. Initial news reports misgendered her.
Age: 23
Date: 2/8/2017
Location: Toledo, OH
Info: Jojo was found dead in a garage. She had suffered a single gunshot wound to her torso.
Age: 19
Date: 1/12/2017
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Info: Symone died from complications resulting from an unlicenced silicone injection procedure performed in a hotel. The woman who performed the procedure was jailed after being charged with second degree murder and accepting a manslaughter charge under a plea bargain.
Age: 41
Date: 1/4/2017
Location: Canton, MS
Info: Mesha was a make-up artist. Her body was found lying in a road after she was shot several times.
Age: 28
Date: 1/1/2017
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Info: Jamie Lee was a two-spirit trans woman. She was found dead at home and her death is being treated as homicide.
