2023 Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today is a tough day for the queer community. 

We’ve lost at least 26 transgender and gender non-conforming people this year. Which is less than the last two years, but even one life lost is too many.

I’ll be reading the names of the lives we lost this year. Unfortunately due to the prevalence of misgendering and miscategorizing of transgender violence, this is not all of the names. The list will continue to grow for this year as more are uncovered. 

In 2023, 88% of transgender victims were people of color. 54% were Black Transgender women. 73% were killed with a gun. 47% of victims with a known killer were killed by a romantic/sexual partner, friend, or family member. And 50% were misgendered or dead named by authorities or the press.

Thank you to the Human Rights Campaign who diligently curates this list every heartbreaking year. Down below and on our website you’ll find the links to every single person’s bio so you can get to know them.

Stay safe out there.

LaKendra Andrews

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-lakendra-andrews-black-trans-woman-taken-too-soon

London Price

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-london-price-a-black-trans-woman-who-would-give-you-the-shirt-off-her-back

Lisa Love

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-lisa-love-a-black-transgender-woman-described-as-funny-smart-and-beautiful

Dominic Dupree

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-dominic-dupree-a-black-gender-non-conforming-person-and-passionate-entrepreneur

A’nee Johnson

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-anee-johnson-black-transgender-woman-killed-in-washington-d-c

Sherlyn Marjorie

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-sherlyn-marjorie-latina-trans-woman-killed-in-albuquerque

Chyna Long

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-chyna-long-black-transgender-woman-killed-in-milwaukee

Luis Ángel Díaz Castro

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-luis-%C3%A1ngel-d%C3%ADaz-castro-puerto-rican-transgender-man-killed-in-san-juan-puerto-rico

YOKO

https://www.hrc.org/news/in-our-hearts-remembering-yoko-artist-and-dj-killed-in-new-orleans

Thomas ‘Tom-Tom’ Robertson

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-the-life-of-thomas-tom-tom-robertson

DéVonnie J’Rae Johnson

https://www.hrc.org/news/d%C3%A9vonnie-jrae-johnson-black-trans-artist-killed-in-los-angeles-california

Camdyn Rider

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-camdyn-rider-transgender-man-murdered-in-winter-haven-florida

Jacob Williamson

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-grieves-loss-of-jacob-williamson-teenage-transgender-man-killed-in-south-carolina

Chanell Perez Ortiz

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/remembering-chanell-perez-ortiz-puerto-rican-transgender-woman-killed-in-carolina-puerto-rico

Ashia Davis

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-ashia-davis-34-year-old-black-trans-woman-killed-in-detroit

Banko Brown

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-banko-brown-a-bold-and-funny-trans-man-shot-outside-a-san-francisco-walgreens-by-an-armed-security-guard

Koko Da Doll

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-koko-da-doll-kokomo-city-documentary-star-killed-by-gun-violence-in-atlanta

Ashley Burton https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-ashley-burton-black-transgender-woman-killed-in-atlanta-georgia

Ta’Siyah Woodland

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-tasiyah-siyah-woodland-black-transgender-woman-killed-in-senseless-act-of-gun-violence

Tortuguita

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-tortuguita-indigenous-queer-and-non-binary-environmental-activist-and-forest-defender

Chashay Ashanti Henderson

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-cashay-b-henderson-a-black-transgender-woman-described-as-a-bubbly-spirit

Maria Jose Rivera Rivera

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-maria-jose-rivera-rivera-latina-transgender-woman-described-as-lively-funny-and-dynamic

Zachee Imanitwitaho

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-zachee-imanitwitaho-kind-and-happy-transgender-woman-killed-in-louisville-kentucky

Unique Banks

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-unique-banks-latina-transgender-woman-killed-in-chicago-illinois

KC Johnson

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-kc-johnson-transgender-woman-killed-in-wilmington-north-carolina

Jasmine “Star” Mack

https://www.hrc.org/news/remembering-jasmine-star-mack-black-transgender-woman-killed-in-washington-d-c