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Persia Amarra Conway, a 33 year old Black trans woman, was found deceased in a Houston bayou on May 26, 2026. Police have ruled her death a homicide. The Crime At this point, not much is known about the crime that led to her death and/or how she ended up in a bayou. We do […]
A person shot to death around 2 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026 in Dallas, Texas was identified as Paris Harris, a 21 year-old Black trans gender non-conforming young adult, according to the Dallas Voice. The Crime Please note that we do not have absolute clarity on how Paris identified so we are using a […]
As we knew, the early months of 2026 did witness the violent deaths of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming folx even without the scrutiny of media coverage or public awareness. On January 2, 2026, Jade Roberts was found at an old Wells Fargo building at Hillcroft between Richmond and Westheimer on the second day of […]
A shooting outside of a Target in Austin, Texas on August 11 claimed three lives, including a trans woman who was an employee. Also killed were a 4 year old girl and her grandfather. The shooter was a 32-year-old White male who offered no explanations for his actions. The Crime Rosa Martinez Machuca, a trans […]
The Researchers Investigating Missing, Murdered, Unclaimed, and Unidentified Trans and Queer Neighbors Around the World “This work is important to ensure that we as a community be made aware of these cases and allow us to mourn our lost siblings collectively in whatever capacity that we can.” Recently, we launched a mini-series exploring the work […]
‘I don’t fear death! I fear injustice!’ A 34-year-old Black transgender woman named Vanity Williams was killed in Houston on August 3, 2024. Her death came to our attention through HRC. The Crime Vanity was found shot to death in a Houston home. From the Houston Police Department HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting […]
It was Tuesday, July 24, 2024 when yet another young trans woman was murdered in a brutal way. Her name was Dylan Gurley. She was 20 years old when she died in Denton, Texas. Dylan was killed inside a home, but it is unclear whose home it was or why she was there. The Tarrant […]
The body of Deidra Esmerelda Sterling was found on April 1, 2022 in Carrollton, Texas. Her case was updated January 17, 2023. Deidra was a trans woman. Her body remains unclaimed. The circumstances of her death are not suggestive of violence, she was found dead in her bed by her landlord. She was about 63. […]
A civilian white trans woman’s death at Fort Cavazos in Central Texas, just a day before her missing husband was discovered, remains a suspicious situation. Cam Chamberlain, 28, reported that her 23-year-old husband, Craig Chamberlain, was missing on May 15; Army officials responded with the announcement that he was ‘willfully missing.’ Cam posted several distraught […]
19-year-old Clay Stephens was shot to death in the early morning of Easter Sunday in Lawton, Oklahoma by a man with whom he allegedly had a sexual relationship. A 19 year old white cisgender gay male was killed in the early hours of Easter morning, April 9, in Lawton, Oklahoma. His name was Clayton (Clay) […]
