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Some of these deaths only came to light recently. I did not want anyone to be overlooked around the Trans Day of Remembrance, so I created a compilation post. Please visit Remembering Our Dead for more robust information. Nonbinary and queer artist of Dominican descent was killed in Seattle in December 2024 Jonny Adamow was […]
A 37-year-old Black trans woman, Tiara Love ‘Tori’ Jackson, was shot to death on Friday, September 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Crime From WCNC [The shooting] happened at the WoodSpring Suites along Deboer Avenue, which is just off West Arrowood Road, around 9:15 a.m. Medic confirmed its crews responded to the scene. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police confirmed that […]
In a horrifying act, an 18-year-old trans and queer teen was shot to death by their own father. Their name was Onyx Cornish. This took place in Caldwell, Idaho on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. The Crime PEOPLE magazine published details from the probably cause affidavit. This is hard to read. I have modified to correct […]
A Black trans woman, Kasí Rhea, died from gun shot injuries in Lynchburg, Virginia on Monday, August 18, 2025. The 31 year old woman was found dead in the front yard of a home in the 1100 block of Rivermont Avenue around 8:58 p.m. Law enforcement and media have misgendered and deadnamed Kasí . At approximately 8:58 […]
The worst kind of horrifying moment for Danielle Dehoniesto was when she found her 27-year-old Black trans daughter, Kamora Woods, dead on the floor from a gunshot wound. Her mother found Kamora half-naked in her bedroom, shot in the head. This was June 26, 2025 in Indianapolis. Police determined that Kamora died June 25, 2025 […]
Laura Schueler, a Black trans woman, was 47 when she was killed in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, June 7, 2025. TransVitae and Planet Trans first covered her story. Local police responded to the deadly shooting on the 1500 block of Jonathan Avenue around 6:50 a.m. Saturday in the Evanston neighborhood. They found Laura at the […]
Shy’Parius Dupree, a Black Trans man, was shot on May 18, 2025, and died in the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on May 19, 2025. He was 32. The Crime On May 18 Memphis Police Department Officers responded to the shooting at 12:10 a.m. at Range Line Road near James Road in a neighborhood known as […]
On April 24, 2025, a 25 year old Black trans woman named Kelsey Elem was brutally murdered in St. Louis, Missouri. Local media reported on her death, as they do. I wrote a memorial post. And … Where is the LGBTQ media? Young Black trans woman brutally murdered. 20 minutes away from the location where […]
Her name was Kelsey Elem. She was 25 years old when her boyfriend killed her after an argument. They both lived in St. Louis. St. Louis County Police reported an altercation broke out in the 5800 block of Grace Avenue between Kelsey and her partner, Martino Lewis. Reportedly, an eyewitness overheard an argument. Elem’s family […]
An attempted carjacking left a Black trans woman dead and her brother hospitalized on Monday, March 31, 2024 in Autaugaville, Alabama. Her name was Kaitoria ‘Kai’ Le’Cynthia Bankz. The would-be carjacker, Kelmen Merrell King, is in police custody. WSFA reports that Bankz and King communicated online before the deadly incident and met for what investigators […]
