This is my list of trans neighbors we have lost to violent deaths in the US this year (2018.) We know that some deaths go unreported or undisclosed for a variety of reasons, most of which are related to transphobia. I ask you to take a moment to read this list – please don’t turn away. Let the enormity of this ongoing epidemic sink in. It is the very least we can do, honoring the lives and deaths of our neighbors. And ask the as questions Keanna suggested.

  1. Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien – Massachusetts (January 6) 42 years old
  2. Viccky Gutierrez – Los Angeles (January 9), 33 years old
  3. Tonya ‘Kita’ Harvey – Buffalo (February 6), 35 years old
  4. Celine Walker – Jacksonville, Florida (February 4), 36 years old
  5. Phylicia Mitchell – Cleveland (February 23), 46 years old
  6. Zakaria Fry – Stanley, New Mexico (February 19), 28 years old
  7. Amia Tyrae Berryman – Baton Rouge (March 26), 28 years old
  8. Sasha Wall – Chesterfield, South Carolina (April 1), 29 years old
  9. Karla Patricia Pavon-Flores – Dallas (May 9), 26 years old
  10. Nino Fortson – Atlanta (May 13), 36 yeas old
  11. Gigi Pierce – Portland (May 21), 28 years old
  12. Antash’a English – Jacksonville (June 1), 38 years old
  13. Cathalina Christina James – Jacksonville (June 24), 24 years old
  14. Keisha Wells – Cleveland (June 24), 58 years old
  15. Sasha Garden – Orange County, Florida (July 19), 27 years old
  16. Diamond Stephens – Meridian, Mississippi (June 18) 39 years old
  17. Dejanay Stanton – Chicago (August 30) 24 years old
  18. Vontashia Bell – Shreveport (August 30) 18 years old
  19. Shantee Tucker – Philadelphia (September 5) 31 years old
  20. Londonn Moore – North Point, Florida (September 8) 20 years old
  21. Nikki Janelle Enriquez – Laredo, Texas (September 15) 28 years old
  22. Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier – Chicago (October 3) 31 years old
  23. Tydie – Baltimore (November 26), age unknown
  24.  Keanna Mattel– Detroit (December 7), 35 years old