A single candle lit in a background of all black. Above the candle reads "13th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance." To the left of the candle is: November 20, 2011, and to the right a quote by George Santayana "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."

The numbers are in for Transgender Day of Remembrance for 2011. Sadly, there was another increase this year. 221 trans people were killed in hate crimes, or suspected hate crimes, the world over. This is an increase of 24% over the reported number for 2010 (179).

Since Transgender Europe and the Trans Murder Monitor Project began in January of 2008, 775 trans people have been killed. That is more than one murder for every two days, and most countries in the world still don’t report deaths of transpeople, so the real number is likely quite a bit higher than that.

A list of names of those confirmed to have been killed between November 20, 2010 and November 14, 2011 who were transgender or gender non-conforming is included below

 

For more information on the statistics cited above visit: www.transrespect-transphobia.org/en_US/tvt-project/tmm-results/tdor2011.htm

 

For more information on the name and stories of those who have died visit: http://www.transrespect-transphobia.org/en_US/tvt-project/tmm-results/tdor2011/tdor2011namelist.htm


Greth de Ogum (Lirio Santo da Silva)
Known as Fernando
Jurema (Evandro Santos da Silva)
Adriana
Idania Roberta Sevilla Raudales
Marcinha
Sandra (Sandro Heleno)
Valentina (Oscar Andres Triana Lozano)
Alison
Kirat Pal
N.N.
(Charm Ashwan) Williams
(Reinaldo Davino da Silva)
Mica (Michel Felipe Teles dos Santos)
(Jocivaldo Alves)
Pamela (Edwin Franklin Sandoval Henao)
Nataly Rojas
N.N.
Farlen (Joabe Goncalves Chaves)
N.N.
Diana
Lorenza Alexis Alvarado Hernandez
Lady Oscar (Oscar Martinez Salgado)
Eduarda (Douglas Lermes Resende)
Mirela
(Carlos Bispo dos Santos)
Erica (Eric Pinheiro de Siqueira)
Luisa (Luis Rocha da Silva)
Cheo Reana Bustamente
N.N.
Jelwin Tolentino
N.N.
Genesis Briget Makaligton
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Adriana
Krissy Bates
N.N.
Laisa (Jose Ramiro Guevara Cortes)
Fergie (William Afif Hernandez)
Angela (Angel Segundo Pirela Garcia)
Marcia (Marcio Pereira)
Mini Britany (Lener Dario Lopez Fernandez)
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Natasha (Joao Leandro Rosario dos Santos)
Mariana (Jose Daniel Aricuri)
(Ivo Valentin)
N.N.
Alejandra Marin
Angie
Carla
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Geruza
N.N.
Laura Renan
Lorraine
N.N.
(Esteban Gonzalez Gomez)
N.N.
Fernanda
N.N.
Nicol Balanta
(Luis Fernando Ormeno)
Moni (Roberto Marcos) Castro
Capenga (Eduardo Marinho da Silva)
Poh Hiao Peng/ Pondan Peng
Mireya (Ramiro Solano Jimenez)
N.N.
Tyra Trent
Aline (Rugian Oneil de Carlos)
(Víctor Jose) Cruz Escorcia
N.N.
Jessica (Sergio Viana)
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Priscila Loura (Gustavo Brandao Aguilar)
Val (Valdecir) das Graças Souza
Andrea
Casandra (Samuel Oliva Bautista)
(Marcal) Camero Tye
Shakira (Faizal Harahap)
Tininha (Roncon)
N.N.
Jenny (Michel Ruiz Lopez)
R. Suresh
N.N.
Andrea
N.N.
(Javier Ortega Rodriguez)
N.N.
(Osimar Sebastião de Souza Júnior)
(Marcos Jose Pereira da Silva)
S. P.
N.N.
N.N.
Jessica
Leidy Garcia
Vanessa Viveros Peralta
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Grace (Eroni) da Silva
Zharick (Jeison Andres Molano)
Paulinha (Paulo) César de Oliveira
Rafaela Thompson (Heliu Pereira Dantas)
Beyonce (Andre Luis) Nascimento dos Santos
Inete (Daniel Oliveira Felipe)
(Armando Cabrera Martinez)
Kali
Waseem
Cristal Sodi (David Reyes)
N.N.
Narin B.
Ale (Gustavo Yagualca)
Bibi (Mauricio)
N.N.
Kimberly Rubí Bianconi López
La Domenicana
(Jean Carlos Pereira da Silva)
Preta Gil (Andrey) Barbosa
Barbara (Abraham Lopez Lezama)
Naomi (Leonel Carmona Adames)
N.N.
(Felipe Roberto) de Freitas Silva
Luisa Nicol (Luis Alberto) Valera
N.N.
Paloma
Monica (Javier Ernesto) Elizondo
(Milda Rusel Aguilar Donis)
Alison Pereira Cabral dos Anjos (Camile)
Alicinha (Alisson Otavio) da Cruz
(Roberto Confessor da Silva)
(Alexandre dos Anjos)
Levinha
N.N.
Matilde (Josimar)
N.N.
Karlota (Carlos Alfredo Gomez Pena)
Mailda dos Santos (Maria do Bairro)
Carla (Juan Carlos) Tovar Cardenas
(Nathan Eugene Davis)
Kenia (Lineker) Silva Nascimento
N.N.
Karla
Casandra (Marco Fidel Luján) Hernández
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Thalia
N.N.
Cinthia (Roberto Marcelino) Gonzalez Garrido Rodriguez
Shayara (Johny) Soares Santana Pereira
Val (Valter Felipe) de Souza
N.N.
Lashai Mclean
Samantha (Jesus Nazareth Rondon)
Didem
Camila Guzman
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Wajahat
Baby (Alexandro) Lourenço Gonçalves
Roberta (Alberto) Machado Amorim
N.N.
La Frutera (Ender Antonio Serrano Rodríguez)
(Víctor Manuel) Ulloa Morales
N.N.
Adriana
Camila
N.N.
Luana (Wagner) de Oliveira Batista
N.N.
Suzi (Benedito) Divino da Silva
Simone (Carleone) Santos Rodrigues
Gaurav Gopalan
(Carlos Eduardo) Ferreira de Oliveira
Brigitte
(Jorge Alexis) Ortiz Hernández
La Denisse (Adolfo Rivera Hurtado)
N.N.
Lucie Parkin
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
N.N.
Tierrita (José Manuel Concepción)
Paloma (Joaquim) Rodrigues da Cunha
Ramazan Cetin
Ceci (Rubén Rolando Montenegro)
N.N.
Joana (Sergio Ricardo) Faria
(Jefferson) Diogo de Cezaro
Elisa Sabatella Brasil
(Maicon Michel) Cardoso da Silva Westenhofen
(José de Arimatéia da Silva)
N.N.
Lulu
Talha
Dudu (Eduardo) Paixão de Jesus
N.N.
N.N.
(Cristian Yoneiker) Torres Escuraima
Shelley ‘Treasure’ Hilliard
Malu (Antenor Manoel) dos Santos Moraes
„Luis“ Chichay Kano („The Key“)
Fogao (Adilson) Ferreira Rodrigues
Gabi (Davi) Pereira Dantas
La Moma (Sebastián Manuel González Abad)
Jessica Rollon
Luana (Kelvin) de Oliveira Moreira
Muneer
N.N.