november 20, 2014, marks, the 16th international transgender day of remembrance. according to their website, “the transgender day of remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.” originally, the day was established to honor rita hester, who was murdered on november 28, 1998. today, hundreds of thousands of people around the world honor the day.

喀麦隆vs巴西波胆分析 would like to observe this day by honoring the lives of transgender young people that have died because of anti-transgender violence. according to the transrespect versus transphobia worldwide (tvt) project, there have been 226 cases of reported killings of trans people around the world within the last 12 months. of those, approximately 20% were under the age of 25. below is a list of young people around the world that have died because of anti-trans violence. join us as we remember and honor their lives. #tdor

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luana professora, 20
ipiranga (brazil)

alondra hildago cardenas, 21
zulia (venezuela)

j. sanchez, 18
belize city (belize)

catalina ramirez, 21
cali (colombia)

suman singh, 20
guwahati (india)

cristal nascimento de araújo, 22
potengi (brazil)

ador kha, 24
jahurpur (bangladesh)

thifani, 18
rio de janeiro (brazil)

jennifer castro, 24
santa fe (argentina)

denise cobos reyes, 22
ceresita (ecuador)

medeiros, 8
rio de janeiro (brazil)

camila veronese, 24
braganca paulista (brazil)

kitana, 18
aracaju (brazil)

a.s.s., 16
vitoria da conquista (brazil)

vanessa alves da silva, 14
angelica (brazil)

vitoria, 16
boa vista (brazil)

dani, 15
sao paulo (brazil)

paulete lima dos santos, 16
teresina (brazil)

nicole, 20
vitoria (brazil)

marciana ricardo da silva, 22
iguatu (brazil)

jade esmeralda, 21
puerto la cruz (venezuela)

manuel clicerio, 20
san josé de viñedo, durango, mexico (mexico)

michelle (joan sebastian) rodríguez naranjo, 20
medellin, colombia (colombia)

madeline, 17
rimac district, peru (peru)

nicole lima da silva, 20
betim (brazil)

j. ganito, 21
cauayan city, isabela (philippines)

jenifer penha, 24
uniao da vitoria (brazil)

j.a.p.g.s., 24
location of death: palmares (brazil)

anuario alexander hernández Álvarez, 16
tegucigalpa, honduras (honduras)

johel josé soturno soturno, 23
maracaibo (venezuela)

micheli, 20
araguina (brazil)

borges rocha, 23
cuiaba (brazil)

ulises humberto rosales, 24
san salvador (el salvador)

cristal celeste cotrina fasabi, 21
lima (peru)

jaime javier hernández martínez, 21
san pedro sula (honduras)

kellen santorine, 20
uberaba (brazil)

makelly castro, 24
teresina (brazil)

dennysi brandao, 24
contagem (brazil)

dafine dos santos cameiro, 22
paranagua (brazil)

willy, 23
coatzacoalcos (mexico)

gadelha dos santos, 19
fortaleza (brazil)

estrella garcía chávez, 24
veracruz (mexico)

karen alanis, 23
cacapava (brazil)

uknown, 17
guarulhos (brazil)

mahadevi, 22
bangalore (india)

please stand with advocates as we continue to honor the lives of transgender youth around the world. to see a list of tdor events please visit: http://tdor.info/2014/09/22/tdor-events-and-locations-2014/. please work to improve and protect the lives of trangender youth.

resources:

• gate – global action for trans* equality
• the health and rights of transgender youth
• transrespect versus transphobia worldwide – a comparative review of the human-rights situation of gender-variant/trans people
• transgender and gender nonconforming youth: recommendations for schools
• transgender and gender nonconforming youth in school
• trans youth family allies: serving youth family allies