Every year transgender people are murdered out of fear and loathing. On average a transgender person is killed every 29 hours. THis year has seen an increase in such acts of murder. The following people are ones whose lives have been taken simply for who they were, as compiled by the Transgender Day of Remembrance site.
Keyshia Blige (33 years old)
Cause of death: Shooting
Location of death: Aurora, Illinois, USA
Date of death: March 7th, 2015
Tamara Dominguez (36 years old)
Cause of death: repeatedly run over by vehicle
Location of death: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Date of death: August 15th, 2015
Kandis Capri (35 years old)
Cause of death: shooting
Location of death: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Date of death: August 11th, 2015
Amber Monroe (20 years old)
Cause of death:gunshot
Location of death:Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of death: August 8th, 20
Ashton O’Hara (25 years old)
Cause of death: Stabbed to death, ran over by vehicle
Location of death: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of death: July 14th, 2015
Shade Schuler (22 years old)
Cause of death: unknown, found dead in a field.
Location of death: Dallas, Texas, USA
Date of death: July 29th, 2015
K.C. Haggard (66 years old)
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds
Location of death: Fresno, California, USA
Date of death: July 24th, 2015
India Clarke (22 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot to the head and arm
Location of death: Tampa, Florida, USA
Date of death: July 21st, 2015
Mercedes Williamson (17 years old)
Cause of death: Beaten to death
Location of death: Rocky Creek, Alabama, USA
Date of death: May 30th, 2015
Penny Proud (21 years old)
Cause of death: shooting
Location of death: Tremé, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date of death: February 10th, 2015
Taja Gabrielle DeJesus (36 years old)
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds
Location of death: San Francisco, USA
Date of death: Feburary 8th, 2015
Bri Golec (22 years old)
Cause of death: stabbed to death
Location of death: Akron, Ohio, USA
Date of death: February 13th, 2015
Lamia Beard (30 years old)
Cause of death: shooting
Location of death: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Date of death: January 17th, 2015
Papi Edwards (20 years old)
Cause of death: shooting
Location of death: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Date of death: January 9th, 201
Nephi Luthers (20 years old)
Cause of death: shooting
Location of death: Georgetown, Guyana
Date of death: July 21st, 2015
Diosvany Muñoz Robaina (24 years old)
Cause of death: stoning
Location of death: Pinar del Río, Cuba
Date of death: April 26th, 2015
C.N. Alves de Matos Jr (21 years old)
Cause of death: stabbed and dismembered
Location of death: São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: September 25th, 2015
Unknown (41 years old)
Cause of death: severe head and neck trauma
Location of death: Alicante, Spain
Date of death: July 21th, 2015
L.A. de Souza, (22 years old)
Cause of death: found in landfill with knife in neck
Location of death: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: September 30th, 2015
Waleska Rayala, (21 years old)
Cause of death: 27 stab wounds
Location of death: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date of death: September 2nd, 2015
Paulinha
Cause of death: gunshots to head and chest
Location of death: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date of death: September 8th, 2015
Flower, (39 years old)
Cause of death : beaten to death
Location of death: Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: August 27th, 2015
V.H.A dos Santos , (25 years old)
Cause of death : multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death: August 24th, 2015
Patricia, (29 years old)
Cause of death : unknown cause of death, thrown into bush
Location of death: Santa Terezinha, Piracicaba, Brazil
Date of death: August 3rd, 2015
Unknown, (45 years old)
Cause of death : Gunshot wound to the head
Location of death: Alta Floresta d’Oeste, Rondônia, Brazil
Date of death: July 25th, 2015
Gabi, (26 years old)
Cause of death : Beaten to death
Location of death: Valparaíso de Goiás, Brazil
Date of death: July 19th, 2015
Erika Aguilera, (25 years old)
Cause of death : Gunshot wound to the back
Location of death: Dourados, Brazil
Date of death: July 16th, 2015
India Nascimento, (29 years old)
Cause of death: Beaten to death
Location of death: Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death: July 12th, 2015
L.R.O. Dorta, (26 years old)
Cause of death: Decapitated
Location of death: Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death: July 12th, 2015
Vanessa Calaça, (27 years old)
Cause of death: Stoned to death
Location of death: Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Date of death: July 12th, 2015
Unknown woman
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen
Location of death: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: June 30th, 2015
Unknown woman
Cause of death: stab wound to the neck
Location of death: Cacoal, Rondônia, Brazil
Date of death: July 5th, 2015
Bruna J. Mendes, (27 years old)
Cause of death: Multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Itapebi, Bahia, Brazil
Date of death: June 29th, 2015
Sidney Araújo Claudino, (19 years old)
Cause of death: Shotgun gunshot wound to the chest
Location of death: Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Date of death: June 23rd, 2015
Laura Vermont, (18 years old)
Cause of death: Beaten to death by police
Location of death: São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: June 20th, 2015
Kauane da Silva, (35 years old)
Cause of death: Gunshot to the head
Location of death: Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of death: June 13th, 2015
Unknown woman
Cause of death: Unknown cause of death, buried in shallow grave
Location of death: Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Date of death: June 9th, 2015
Kelly Silva, (31 years old)
Cause of death: stabbed in neck and arm
Location of death: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Date of death: June 9th, 2015
Andréia Amado, (29 years old)
Cause of death: Gunshot
Location of death: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of death: June 4th, 2015
Carol Melo, (30 years old)
Cause of death: strangled to death
Location of death: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: June 3th, 2015
Priscilla da Silva, (23 years old)
Cause of death: Gunshot
Location of death: Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Date of death: May 30th, 2015
Barbara Sodre, (29 years old)
Cause of death: Stabbed to death
Location of death: Sergipe, Brazil
Date of death: May 25th, 2015
Jean Waltrick, (27 years old)
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds to the head
Location of death: Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Date of death: May 23rd, 2015
Vandressa Vinnitt
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Realengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death: May 18th, 2015
Ticiane Abravanel, (21 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death: May 18th, 2015
La Monique de Roma, (43 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: May 14th, 2015
unidentified woman
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Date of death: May 3rd, 2015
Stefanny
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Caucaia, Ceará, Brazil
Date of death: April 30th, 2015
Job Rodrigues da Silva, (46 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
Date of death: April 17th, 2015
unidentified woman
Cause of death: beaten and strangled to death
Location of death: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: April 17th, 2015
Bruna, (47 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Date of death: April 16th, 2015
Bruna Quércia, (15 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Date of death: April 15th, 2015
Victória Camargo, (29 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Venâncio Aires, Brazil
Date of death: April 13th, 2015
Bruna Michele, (20 years old)
Cause of death: beaten to death
Location of death: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death: April 13th, 2015
Vanessa Ganzaroli, (18 years old)
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds
Location of death: Petrolina, Pernambuc, Brazil
Date of death: April 3rd, 2015
Debora
Cause of death: stoned to death
Location of death: Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: April 2nd, 2015
Lotinha
Cause of death: stabbed
Location of death: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: March 29th, 2015
Adriana, (22 years old)
Cause of death: multiple gunshots
Location of death: Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Date of death: March 22th, 2015
Bianca Araujo, (21 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Date of death: March 20th, 2015
Michael Lucas de Almeida Reginald, (13 years old)
Cause of death: beaten, multiple stab wounds
Location of death: Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: March 18th, 2015
Natália Ferraz, (21 years old)
Cause of death: multiple gunshots
Location of death: Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: February 27th, 2015
Ygor Fernando Oliveira Santos, (20 years old)
Cause of death: multiple gunshots
Location of death: Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas, Brazil
Date of death: February 27th, 2015
Keity, (23 years old)
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds (10)
Location of death: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of death: February 24th, 2015
Lara, (16 years old)
Cause of death: stoned to death
Location of death: Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil
Date of death: February 22nd, 2015
unidentified woman
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of death: February 20th, 2015
Raíssa, (19 years old)
Cause of death: multiple stab wounds to neck and chest
Location of death: Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Date of death: February 16th, 2015
Capitú Santos, (31 years old)
Cause of death: stabbing
Location of death: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Date of death: February 16th, 2015
Joyce Akira, (teen)
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Mangabeira, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Date of death: February 8th, 2015
Pata, (35 years old)
Cause of death: strangled to death
Location of death: Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
Date of death: February 7th, 2015
Didinha, (18 years old)
Cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death: February 1st, 2015
unidentified woman
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death: March 17th, 2015
LÉO, (26 years old)
Cause of death: gunshot
Location of death: Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Date of death: January 26th, 2015
Piu da Silva, (25 years old)
Cause of death: beaten, multiple gunshot wounds
Location of death: Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiroa, Brazil Date of death: January 22nd, 2015