In the first six months of 2016, the murders of 14 transgender people have been reported. Almost all of the victims were people of color, and the vast majority of those were black transgender individuals.
Goddess Diamond, 20, of New Orleans, was found dead of blunt force trauma in a burned car on June 5. No suspects have been identified.
Amos Beede 38, a transgender man, succumbed to his injuries after he was attacked at a homeless encampment in Vermont. An investigation into the attack is ongoing.
Mercedes Successful, 32, a Black transgender woman from Haines City, Fla., was fatally shot May 15. Police have not identified a suspect.
Reecey Walker, 32, a Black transgender woman from Wichita, Kansas, was fatally stabbed May 1. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
Keyonna Blakeney, 22, a Black transgender woman from Montgomery County, Md., was killed April 16th. Police have not yet identified any suspects and have only said that she suffered “trauma to her upper body.
Shante Thompson, 34, a Black transgender woman from Houston, Texas, was beaten and shot to death by a group of assailants on April 11. The group also killed a man walking with Thompson. Twenty-three-year-old Tariq Lackings has been arrested and charged with capital murder.
Quartney Davia Dawsonn-Yochum, 32, a transgender woman of color, was fatally shot March 23 outside her Los Angeles apartment complex in what appears to be a dispute with her former boyfriend.
Kendarie Johnson, 16, a Black gender fluid youth from Burlington, Iowa, was fatally shot on March 2. The killing is still under investigation and no suspects have been arrested.
Demarkis Stansberry, 30, a Black transgender man from Baton Rouge, La., was fatally shot on February 28. An acquaintance, Nicholas Mathews has confessed to shooting Stansberry, and has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide.
Maya Young, 25, a Black transgender woman from Frankford, Penn., was fatally stabbed on February 21. A female suspect has been arrested and more arrests are expected.
Veronica Banks Cano of San Antonio was found dead in a bathtub on February 19.
Kayden Clarke, 24, a transgender man from Arizona, was shot and killed by police in his home, after they responded to a call that Kayden was threatening suicide and had a knife.
Jasmine Sierra, a Latina transgender woman from Bakersfield, Calif., was found dead on January 22. Her body showed signs of trauma, but a cause of death has yet to be determined and no suspects have been identified.
Monica Loera, 43, a Latina transgender woman from North Austin, Texas, was fatally shot January 22, following an argument outside her home. A suspect, Jon Casey Rowell, has been arrested and charged with first degree murder.
it is clear that
fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color, and that the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia conspire to deprive them of employment, housing, healthcare and other necessities, barriers that make them vulnerable.
If you feel the need to “keep race out of” the Orlando Pulse massacre and continue to whitewash LGBT identity, you not only lack empathy for people of color (which, surprise, is racism) but you’re also contributing to the very dehumanization & hatred of LGBT PoC that leads to massacres like these.
Yes, all members of the LGBT community can be targets and victims of homophobia but let’s stop pretending that those of us who live at the intersection of multiple identities aren’t more victimized and less mourned because society is more willing to excuse and ignore violence and hate crimes against, for example, Black trans women than cis white gay men.
The victims of this massacre were predominantly Black and Latinx. The murderer chose that location not only because he hated LGBT folks, women, and Black people, but also because he knew society views people with those identities, especially combined, as expendable and culpable for violence against them. That matters. It’s really transparent that y’all are pretending like race doesn’t factor in because y’all need to assume the victims were white so you can mourn and use this to forefront issues that primarily concern and benefit white LG people to the detriment of LGBT PoC.
I just wanted to remind my friends on here, especially those who are LGBTQ, that my tag for any serious topic is always ‘serious post’, which I’ve been using a lot, especially in light of Orlando. If you need to blacklist it, that’s what I tag it as.
homojabi: [a tweet from Aaron Butterfield (@AzButterfield) that reads: Don’t you dare use dead LGBT people to justify your Islamophobia. Don’t you dare use us to further your campaign for hatred and inequality.]
I’m sure most people are aware of the shootings that happened early this morning (around 2am) at Pulse in Orlando, Florida. As a queer person who not only lives in Orlando, but as someone who literally went to high school and grew up one block over from Pulse, I want to put out some super awesome resources for the internet to take advantage of! Please remember that last night was specifically Latin Night, so not only was this an anti-LGBTQIA+ act of violence, it was also an anti-latinx act of violence. I grew up in this area, and I visited Pulse multiple times, and it was most definitely a predominantly latinx/black club. This attack was carefully planned, I have no doubts about this.
Want to donate, but not sure where to donate/where is reliable?
Zebra Coalition; a GREAT place that helps out LGBTQIA+ with all sorts of issues. They pointed me in a direction to help me financially when I was homeless. http://zebrayouth.org/get-involved/donate-now/
Support the victims/families of the shooting; [PLEASE BE WEARY OF FRAUDS!!! I WILL ONLY ADD IN LINKS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE!] This is a legitimate donation page and is set up by Ida V. Eskamani [her linkedin page is here], who works for Equality Florida, which is a nonprofit organization https://www.gofundme.com/2942a444
Here is another gofundme set up by The Center, Zebra Coalition, and other reliable LGBTQIA+ centers. This donation is legit! https://www.gofundme.com/29bubytq
Need counseling? (mainly Orlando based)
The Center; they are offering counseling for anyone in the area who may be suffering from any sort of stress/ptsd/etc. from this event. You can also call them at
Want updates? [All of these sites have some sort of political bias and agenda unfortunately but I tried pulling together sites that are updating in real time on the topic]
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