Transgender Day of Remembrance

via Bird of Paradox

“Please spare a few moments quiet contemplation for all those of my sisters and brothers who can’t be here today.

• Teisha Cannon
• Dilek Ince
• Duanna Johnson
• Aimee Wilcoxson
• Ruby Molina
• Nakhia (Nikki) Williams
• Samantha Rangel Brandau
• Jaylynn L. Namauu
• Angie Zapata
• Juan Carlos Aucalle Coronel
• Rosa Pazos
• Ebony (Rodney) Whitaker
• Silvana Berisha
• Felicia Melton-Smyth
• Lloyd Nixon
• Luna (no last name reported)
• Simmie Williams Jr.
• Lawrence King
• Sanesha (Talib) Stewart
• Ashley Sweeney
• Fedra (no last name reported)
• Adolphus Simmons
• Stacy Brown
• Patrick Murphy
• Gabriela Alejandra Albornoz
• Brian McGlothin
• Kellie Telesford
• Ali (no last name reported) and two other Iraqi trans women “

 

The violence people suffer because of their gender, particularly when it’s because they defy normative gender roles,  is ALWAYS a feminist issue.